
THE ADVANTAGES OF UNDERGOING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHETIC
There can be many advantages to undergoing surgery under local anaesthetic. Most obviously, the patient remains awake and alert during the procedure. Only the area to be operated on is numbed so that the patient feels no pain. Generally, no special preparation is required prior to a local anaesthetic. Local anaesthetic enables active input from the patient in procedures such as dimple creation, ear correction, areola or nipple reduction, or dermal fillers. A wide range of cosmetic and corrective procedures can be performed under local anaesthetic, which means that the surgery is more affordable. Having a procedure under local anaesthetic is far more cost effective than undergoing a general anaesthetic for the operation, which would necessitate the presence of an