Anaesthetic will be used as part of your procedure to help minimise any pain and discomfort. Depending on which surgery you’re having, this will either be general, local or twilight anaesthetic. General anaesthetic means that you’ll be asleep throughout the surgery, while local anaesthetic means that the area being operated on will be numbed. Twilight anaesthetic is slightly different and uses a combination of local anaesthetic with sedation. We’ll let you know in plenty of time which type of anaesthesia you’ll be having so that you can prepare accordingly.