During the surgical procedure, the anesthesiologist, who is the specialist doctor in charge of administering anesthesia, remains with the patient, monitoring vital signs and ensuring that anesthesia is maintained throughout the surgical procedure.

Will I feel any pain?
Plastic surgery procedures are generally very well controlled with regular pain relief. Which means that the patient rarely describes any type of pain or discomfort. Analgesics are monitored by the anesthesiologist during surgery to avoid postoperative pain as well, which is supplemented by treatment during hospitalization.

What type of anesthesia is the best?
There are different options to adapt to the type of intervention, patient and duration of the procedure in the operating room. It is important to understand that this decision is made with a prior evaluation.

Types of anesthesia most used in plastic surgery

1. Local anesthesia
   Local anesthesia is used in surgeries or small interventions, infiltrating with oral anesthetics in the area to be operated.
   With this anesthesia the patient is aware of the entire process, but will not feel pain. It is usually used in aesthetic medicine to treat scars, moles, freckles, among other minor procedures.
2. Sedation
   Sedation can be light or deep, and consists of the administration of drugs that help reduce the degree of anxiety that the patient may present. It is supported with local anesthesia to avoid pain. It is used in liposuction of certain areas, otoplasty, gynecomastia and others, depending on the patient’s needs.
3. Regional anesthesia
   Regional anesthesia consists of sleeping certain areas of the body. The most widely used is the epidural, which, together with spinal anesthesia, is used for interventions on the lower half of the body. It is usually combined with sedation to improve patient comfort.
   It is used for surgeries such as calf implants, liposuction, abdominoplasty, buttock augmentation, procedures lasting less than two hours in the operating room.
4. General anesthesia
   General anesthesia is recommended for long-term surgeries or for areas of the body where the previous ones are insufficient. The patient is totally asleep on assisted ventilation. This anesthesia can be intravenous, by dropper or inhaled. It is used in augmentation or reduction mammoplasty, combined surgeries, abdominoplasty, blepharoplasty and others.

Is anesthesia safe today?
The education and training of anesthesiologists today keep the risks to a minimum. This, accompanied by monitoring equipment that is equipped with high technology and even auxiliary batteries to prevent.

A trained and experienced anesthesiology team is essential for a successful process.

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Today, anesthesia in healthy patients, like most of those we attend in our clinic, has very high levels of safety. An expert anesthesiologist will review your case before the intervention along with preoperative tests (Analytical, Electrocardiogram …).

This will make us filter the candidates for surgery. Only patients who do not have any serious underlying disease are candidates for elective cosmetic surgery, which is a safety filter.

With all precautions, General Anesthesia is an extremely safe procedure that should not be feared.

What are the reasons to trust or distrust its causes and effects?

• The fact that the anesthesiologist assists the patient from the preoperative period and that he is at his side throughout the surgery deserves great confidence, guaranteeing hypnosis (that the patient is asleep), amnesia (that the patient does not remember ) and analgesia (that the patient does not feel pain).
• During the intervention, the anesthetist must maintain and control: heart rate, respiratory function, temperature and fluid replacement and mineral salts, which may be lost in the intervention.
• That it is from the surgeon’s team so that both are well integrated.
• That before the intervention a series of diagnostic tests such as a blood test and an electrocardiogram have been performed, as well as their timely evaluation.

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