When going under the knife for plastic surgery, how long is too long?

Good question: It really depends on the procedures and more importantly the health of the patient. In general the less anesthetic the better but cosmetic procedures tend to be low blood loss, low stress procedures so a healthy patient can tolerate 6-8 hrs of general anesthesia provided the blood loss is not excessive. Choose your surgeon carefully and make sure your primary care physician looks you over.

Varies w health~6hrs: Generally speaking, i assume you are referring to elective plastic surgery. Clearly regis depends on your health. What applies to a healthy 20 year old is not true for a 60 yearl old with diabetes and cardiac disease. In most helathy individuals, outpatient procedures are usually limited to around 6 hours while longer procedures may be performed, many surgeons will admit for aftercare/observation.

6-8 hours; depends!: Lots of factors come into play, like age and health of patient, type of operation, location, and type of anesthesia. Patients require warmth, fluids, pressure (immobilization) relief, active pumpers on feet (to reduce blood clots), and expert monitoring. Anesthetic agents also play a huge role--total IV anesthesia has much fewer side effects and less need for admission than inhalation anesthesia.

No such thing : Every surgical procedure has certain guidelines, but sometimes unexpected things occur and surgery may take longer than anticipated. A surgeon should give you a rough eatimate on surgical time.