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Summary: Learn about what anesthesia is used in blepharoplasty in this free medical video.
Michael Walker is a board certified M.D. and F.A.C.S. He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, and he was the past president for the Texas Cosmetic Surgery Society....read more
"Hi, I'm Doctor Michael Walker from Hill Country Facial Plastic Surgery Center. And on behalf of Expert Village I'll be talking about Blepharoplasty. What kind of anesthesia is used? Most physicians use local anesthesia with some I.V. sedation, although rarely, patients prefer to be put to sleep completely within a trachea general anesthesia. But that's not very common. Most can be done with a local with some sedation. Take a big deep breath in please. And it's pretty comfortable. You're doing real good."