Tumescent cosmetic surgery

Wednesday June 28, 2006 ins: Facial Cosmetic Surgery Tag(s):

There is another development in cosmetic surgery that would sure be getting a lot of attention. In fact, it already did. Tumescent cosmetic surgery is the name. It sounds very familiar because it started with liposuction. Now, the tumescent principle is applied in various cosmetic surgery procedures.

To learn more about the tumescent principle, go check the previous article concerning tumescent liposuction.

Chicago Tribune published an article that talks about a tumescent anesthesia. A woman named Carol underwent a neck-lift surgery without general anesthesia; thus, she was wide-awake during the procedure. It is not actually a procedure without anesthesia as most people might think it is. The article has this to say regarding such issue:

The phrase "plastic surgery without anesthesia" is a bit misleading, in that anesthesia is used; it's just not the lights-out, count-down-from-10 kind typically associated with face-lifts. What happens is the fat under the skin in the face or neck is slowly injected with a mixture of saltwater, the painkiller lidocaine and adrenaline, or epinephrine, which stops the bleeding. Enough fluid is injected so that the skin is taut.

The procedure was performed by Dr. Steven Dayan, a Chicago cosmetic surgeon. Dayan stressed out that using this technique, there is a substantial cost savings to the patient, because the procedure now can be done in the office with local anesthetic and perhaps a Valium as opposed to in the operating room.

Isn’t it nice to undergo surgery without the feeling of being inside a slaughterhouse? That’s exactly what this technique offers.

From the looks of it, tumescent principle is beginning to really make it big in the mainstream cosmetic surgery. It started with liposuction and now it’s invading other procedures such as neck-lift, facelift, and breast augmentation.

With its minimally invasive nature and increased safety, tumescent surgery is going to go places.

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