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In the field of aesthetic plastic surgery the use of local anaesthesia and sedation is continuously increasing due to patient demand and due to its safety. It is also more comfortable for the surgeon to have a cooperative patient. The costs are reduced and the surgery appears to be less traumatic. The local anaesthesia and sedation are to be balanced based on the type of surgery and on the patient's characteristics. A total of 120 patients received intravenous sedation of midazolam and ketamine immediately prior to local anaesthetic injection and successively every 2030 min intraoperatively. Different mixtures of local anaesthetic at volumes believed beyond limits have been used without any trouble at all. There were no perioperative or postoperative complications. Patients and surgeon related a high degree of satisfaction with this approach.