• Day of Surgery
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•   Getting Ready
•   Admission Process
•   Pre-Operative Process
•   The Operating Room
•   Waking Up
•   Length of Hospital Stay
•   The Night of Surgery

Most facial plastic surgery procedures can be performed under sedation or under general anesthesia. The type of anesthesia you receive will depend upon the type and length of your surgery and your general medical condition. Dr. Sclafani can give you an idea of how long your procedure will take. Based on these factors, you, Dr. Sclafani and the anesthesiologist will decide on the best type of anesthesia for you.

You will then be bought into the operating room. The array of monitors may at first seem overwhelming, but realize these will help make your surgery as safe as possible. Typically, there will be several people in the room, including the surgeon, the anesthesiologist and 2-3 nurses.

Once all is prepared, the anesthesiologist will first administer oxygen, followed by the other medications. You will be asked to take several deep breaths, and you will fall asleep. Generally, the next thing you will be aware of is that the surgery is over. (Frequently, as the patient is being taken out of the operating room, he/she will ask "When is the operation going to start?"!)