What kind of anesthesia is used for the procedure?
Liposuction can be performed with a variety of anesthesia choices and Dr. Rapaport reviews these individually with each patient. LOCAL ANESTHESIA: Liposuction of small areas particularly when only one or two areas are being treated can be performed under local anesthesia. This relies mainly on the numbing effect of the tumescent fluid being injected. Based on 18 years of experience performing liposuction, Dr. Rapaport recommends local only in select cases, where the procedure is relatively small. This is because he finds most patients would prefer not to be wide awake during the procedure; they would simply not hear and feel what’s going on and would not have a detailed memory of the operation. LOCAL IV SEDATION: Also called by some, “Twilight Anesthesia” this is Dr. Rapaports favorite method for anesthesia for the vast majority of liposuction cases he performed. Technically the technique he uses for conscious sedation and involves the patient receiving an IV drip from a board certifie
