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Local Anesthetic Effects During Submentoplasty procedure
How does local anesthetic affect the rest of the body's circulation when used for a submentoplasty procedure? Does it limit the circulation in the neck and head area?
Local anesthesia systemic effects
Thanks for the question. Typically local anesthesia, when used in appropriate doses, has the majority of the effect in the area it was injected. The local typically serves two functions, decreasing blood loss by locally constricting blood vessels with epinephrine and creating anesthesia by temporarily blocking nerves that would otherwise transmit pain. While systemic levels of these drugs can be found in blood plasma typically when used at appropriate doses it would be extremely unusual to have decreased blood supply to the head and neck from submental local anesthesia infiltration. The blood vessel constriction acts in a very local area. I hope this helps.
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