Step 5 - The Procedure Itself

• Next, one of our surgical techs will begin to prepare you for the procedure. Most patients are given 3 medications at the beginning of the procedure, a sedative, to help you relax, an antibiotic, to combat any infection, and a medication to help keep any swelling to a minimum.
• Next, you will put on a plastic cape, and a tech will prepare the donor site by clipping your hair into hair clips, shaving the area, and, finally, measuring it (the amount of donor tissue is determined by the amount of grafts that we are doing).
• After the donor site is prepared, you will be given your initial anesthetic. We use two local anesthetics, Lidocain and Marcain, which are similar to Novocain that a dentist uses. These local anesthetics are administered using a dental syringe. There is usually a burning sensation caused by the anesthetic. This is very short-lived, and it is followed by a numbing sensation.
• After allowing the anesthetic to take effect, the doctor will come in, remove the donor tissue, and suture the donor site.
  
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