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Yes. Every operation is attended by a consultant anaesthetist who stays with you from induction to full awakening, and all patients are screened with blood tests and an ECG beforehand. Serious complications under modern anaesthesia are extremely rare.

Breast and body procedures are done under general anaesthesia. Many facial procedures, eyelid surgery and small liposculpture areas are done under sedation with local anaesthetic, so you are comfortable but recover faster.

No. Depth of anaesthesia is monitored continuously and adjusted in real time by the anaesthetist, who is present for the entire procedure.

Most patients leave the same day. After a combined body procedure you stay one night so the team can check drains and comfort before you go home.

You can usually return to light daily activity within three days and to desk work within a week. Swelling settles over weeks; the final result of a rhinoplasty or body contour takes up to a year to fully refine.

Active infection, uncontrolled diabetes or blood pressure, clotting disorders, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and some autoimmune conditions. Smoking must stop six weeks before surgery. Everything is reviewed at the consultation.