One major by-product of the aging baby-boom generation has been a surging interest in cosmetic surgery.Out-patient cosmetic surgery clinics have sprouted up in droves all over the U.S., and the number of cosmetic procedures performed in 2005 increased by over 95% from the previous year. Although procedures like facelifts and abdominoplasties (the ‘tummy-tuck’) are considered minimally invasive, the anesthetic protocols and regimens here are often overly complex and unnecessarily toxic. Major complications involving anesthesia in this (and any other) surgical milieu can range from severe post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to neuromuscular spasticity to mortality. The mortality spectrum of things may be rare, but there have been many cases in which perfectly healthy cosmetic surgery patients require emergency intervention due to a severe complication involving anesthesia. In recent years, many new anesthetic protocols have been developed to reduce the incidence of PONV and other complications, while ensuring that effective pain management and level of ‘un-awareness’ during surgery is always maintained. Additional ISBNs 0521870909, 0511282427, 9780521870900, 9780511282423Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery 1st Edition is written by Barry Friedberg and published by Cambridge University Press. ISBNs for Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery are 9780511282423, 0511282427 and the print ISBNs are 9780521870900, 0521870909. Additional ISBNs include 0521870909, 0511282427, 9780521870900, 9780511282423.