29-06-2010, 08:38
do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery?
September 6 2007 at 6:11 AM Black Sheep (no login)
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Anesthesia scares me...that's honestly the one thing stopping me from breast implants. Do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? I mean, women have c sections and they are not "sleeping", they are awake...can you do the same for implants? Or do you have to be 100% knocked out?
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Kate
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 7 2007, 8:58 AM
General anaesthetic is the norm for breast implants. Most surgeons will use general anaesthetic during the surgery, but some surgeons will use a sedative and a local anaesthetic. It can depend on how the implants are being inserted.
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Black Sheep
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 18 2007, 8:47 PM
No, you don't. I know several people that were wide awake, and others that only had twilight sedation.
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Priya
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 19 2007, 10:49 AM
Wide awake? Whilst breast implants were being put in? How awful if this is really true.
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Nicky
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? November 8 2007, 8:36 AM
I don't see how someone having breast implants inserted could be left wide awake through the procedure.
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Sharon
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? February 19 2008, 7:26 AM
You could go for something like macrolane if you worried about anasthetic. All they do is numb you up a little bit, just like when you go to the dentist and have a filling. Macrolane is very expensive though.
September 6 2007 at 6:11 AM Black Sheep (no login)
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Anesthesia scares me...that's honestly the one thing stopping me from breast implants. Do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? I mean, women have c sections and they are not "sleeping", they are awake...can you do the same for implants? Or do you have to be 100% knocked out?
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Kate
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 7 2007, 8:58 AM
General anaesthetic is the norm for breast implants. Most surgeons will use general anaesthetic during the surgery, but some surgeons will use a sedative and a local anaesthetic. It can depend on how the implants are being inserted.
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Black Sheep
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 18 2007, 8:47 PM
No, you don't. I know several people that were wide awake, and others that only had twilight sedation.
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Priya
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? September 19 2007, 10:49 AM
Wide awake? Whilst breast implants were being put in? How awful if this is really true.
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Nicky
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? November 8 2007, 8:36 AM
I don't see how someone having breast implants inserted could be left wide awake through the procedure.
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Sharon
(no login) Re: do you have to be completely knocked out for surgery? February 19 2008, 7:26 AM
You could go for something like macrolane if you worried about anasthetic. All they do is numb you up a little bit, just like when you go to the dentist and have a filling. Macrolane is very expensive though.