Comments on: What is Tumescent Anesthesia and is it Used in Hair Transplant Procedure? http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/what-is-tumescent-anesthesia/ Hair Transplant, Hair Restoration & Repair Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Paul http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hairtransplantblog/what-is-tumescent-anesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Paul Fri, 21 May 2010 23:39:17 +0000 http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/dev/newblog/88/what-is-tumescent-anesthesia/#comment-268 Do you test for allergies to anesthesia? <strong><em>Dr. Bernstein:</em></strong> If you think that you may be sensitive to either lidocaine or marcaine, the two local anesthetics generally used for a hair transplant, you should see an allergist for intradermal testing. We do not do that testing here. Allergies to these medications are actually quite rare. Do you test for allergies to anesthesia?

Dr. Bernstein: If you think that you may be sensitive to either lidocaine or marcaine, the two local anesthetics generally used for a hair transplant, you should see an allergist for intradermal testing. We do not do that testing here. Allergies to these medications are actually quite rare.

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