Your abdominoplasty surgery will be performed in an AAAHC certified surgery center using board-certified anesthesiologists and certified nurse anesthesia providers (CRNA).  Immediately following your surgery, the anesthesia team and the post-anesthesia care nurses will give you IV pain medicine and muscle relaxant medications to make you comfortable.  I also will locally inject long-acting pain medication (Marcaine) directly into your abdomen muscle repair during the surgery.  This locally injected pain medication will last several hours.  Remember, following surgery you will have an ample supply of Norco and Valium at your home to use during your recovery.