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Is it normal for local anesthesia to last multiple days when injected into your back for liposuction?
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Depends: It can depend on the type but the usual numbness from from the nerves being damaged during the liposuction and it takes time for them to repair themselves and the numbness will disappear
Answered 8/18/2014
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No: usually totally gone by 48 hrs
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