Plastic surgery meets...Euphoria?
, and Dr. Ellis used the humble nose job as an example of its beauty-adjacent benefits: "When we wake patients up after rhinoplasty with their nose in a cast, nobody likes that feeling," he says, pointing out that patients may try to remove their bandages or accidentally knock equipment off-kilter as they 'reanimate' or wake up from sedation.
"With cosmetic surgery, we usually supplement oxygen for patients, and if you're operating on someone's nose or face, we can't give them the usual kind of nasal cannula or a face mask to deliver oxygen," explains, an anesthesiologist and systems director of preoperative medicine at Inova in Virginia. "Ketamine is unique amongst anesthetics in that it actually doesn't depress ventilation to the same degree that others do.
Nearly 70 years out, anesthesiologists have perfected more nuanced dosages, but even an optimized ketamine cocktail isn't universal. But as with any drug, recreational or otherwise, taking it in excess can turn a therapeutic experience into a hellish one. While street ketamine is typically taken for a detached or euphoric high, an excessively large dose can drop its user into a K-hole, which is party-speak for a major out-of-body experience that can render the user immobile for an extended amount of time.
For most of us, though, the risks associated with the opiates often prescribed for post-surgery pain management — even for a standard
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