pradaprincess I have my procedures under a general and afterwards for a day or two I am hooked up to a pain relief device where I push the button when I am in pain. (I'm not sure what they call them) You can not really see any scares from the lipo, unless you look very closely. Most of the time they are so small you dont even need stiches. I think a lot of the pain is from the amount of pushing and pulling they have to do. As my doctor said last time when I mentioned how sore I was, "We did a really good work out on you" to be honest I feel like I have been run over by a truck sometimes.