Could I Ever Wake Up During a Tummy Tuck? I Did During My C-Section.

There is always the theoretical risk that you could "wake up" (have awareness) during a tummy tuck but this would be exceedingly rare when performed under general anesthesia with the monitoring devices that we have now and when under the care of a competent anesthesiologist. The reality is that awareness during surgery virtually never happens.

The anesthsia administered for a C-section is far different than that for an elective tummy tuck including the issue of having to deal with 2 lives (you and baby) versus just you. Your previous experience should be totally irrelevant to future elective surgery.

The difference in anesthesia between a c-section and a tummy tuck is that one is done with an epidural and sedation (c-section) and the other is done under general anesthesia. (tummy tuck) It is common to periodically emerge from a sedation anesthetic but that will not happen during a general anesthetic.