What is in the Tumescent Liposuction Solution?

As we all know, the tumescent liposuction procedure involves the plastic surgeon injecting a significant amount of an anesthetic solution into the patient. A question that is often asked centers around what the solution actually is. Very simply, the anesthesia solution is a diluted local anesthetic. There are actually two different types of anesthesia mixed together. The first is lidocaine, which is the actual anesthetic, which is a locally applied anesthesia. The second fluid is epinephrine. The epinephrine is designed to cause the liposuction patient’s capillaries to shrink in size, resulting in less blood loss. Put together, these two solutions form the basis of tumescent liposuction.