Inked Under Anesthesia: Athletes Getting $50,000 Tattoos

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if run like a proper surgical center could be an interesting option for a group to cover.

I’d be curious what the potential risks are when dealing with large athletes with high amounts of muscle mass being sedated for that long. Rhabdo, nerve injury, PRIS if running prop, etc. Would need a lawyer to weigh in on legal risks when doing elective procedures on athletes.
 
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Yes exactly- don’t worry, I’m sure a crna is doing this, charging up the you-know-what for this, while us physicians are sitting asa4 medicaid patients.
 
Gator7 said:
if run like a proper surgical center could be an interesting option for a group to cover.

I’d be curious what the potential risks are when dealing with large athletes with high amounts of muscle mass being sedated for that long. Rhabdo, nerve injury, PRIS if running prop, etc. Would need a lawyer to weigh in on legal risks when doing elective procedures on athletes.
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Big strong athletes are high risk for NPPE too.
 
aneftp said:
Some crna will take the cash rate $2400 min 6 hr gurantee. Especially if they are charging 20k for the procedure.
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"That fee covers everything: the surgical space; a licensed anesthesiologist and nurse; medications; and the work of as many as five tattoo artists, who complete in one day what might otherwise take weeks."

For what it's worth, the article said it's an anesthesiologist.
 
abolt18 said:
"That fee covers everything: the surgical space; a licensed anesthesiologist and nurse; medications; and the work of as many as five tattoo artists, who complete in one day what might otherwise take weeks."

For what it's worth, the article said it's an anesthesiologist.
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Similar to cash pay dental implants 10-15k (sometimes 30k) global payments. Anesthesia gets a cut.
 
Gator7 said:
if run like a proper surgical center could be an interesting option for a group to cover.

I’d be curious what the potential risks are when dealing with large athletes with high amounts of muscle mass being sedated for that long. Rhabdo, nerve injury, PRIS if running prop, etc. Would need a lawyer to weigh in on legal risks when doing elective procedures on athletes.
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I wonder what sort of insurance the anesthesiologists has for this and if the insurer balks at all to cover it? I think realistically the risk isn't actually terribly high compared to a whole host of other things - however this is entirely elective and unnecessary so it's hard to justify much risk at all. I suppose it's also not too different than all those hangover IV drip mobile clinic people.
 
kidthor said:
I wonder what sort of insurance the anesthesiologists has for this and if the insurer balks at all to cover it? I think realistically the risk isn't actually terribly high compared to a whole host of other things - however this is entirely elective and unnecessary so it's hard to justify much risk at all. I suppose it's also not too different than all those hangover IV drip mobile clinic people.
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Thankfully, we don’t do any other 100% elective body modifications under anesthesia. The only difference here is the artists are not doctors.
 
kidthor said:
I wonder what sort of insurance the anesthesiologists has for this and if the insurer balks at all to cover it? I think realistically the risk isn't actually terribly high compared to a whole host of other things - however this is entirely elective and unnecessary so it's hard to justify much risk at all. I suppose it's also not too different than all those hangover IV drip mobile clinic people.
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You’re likely the only person with medical malpractice insurance in the building which make the medicolegal risk very high. If something does go wrong, you’re likely the only target.
 
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I don't see how this is any different than lots of the plastic surgery getting done. All those 20-something women getting breast augmentations aren't recovering from mastectomies done for breast cancer. Nose jobs, butt implants, hair transplants, even really wacky out-there barbaric stuff like limb lengthening surgeries in people who just want to hit the 6'0" threshold on their Tinder profile.

Honestly, inking some skin is a whole lot safer than most of that stuff.

I don't see how the malpractice risk would be any higher or different than any of that cosmetic stuff high-earning actors get done.
 
pgg said:
I don't see how this is any different than lots of the plastic surgery getting done. All those 20-something women getting breast augmentations aren't recovering from mastectomies done for breast cancer. Nose jobs, butt implants, hair transplants, even really wacky out-there barbaric stuff like limb lengthening surgeries in people who just want to hit the 6'0" threshold on their Tinder profile.

Honestly, inking some skin is a whole lot safer than most of that stuff.

I don't see how the malpractice risk would be any higher or different than any of that cosmetic stuff high-earning actors get done.
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Agree the actual medical risk is likely to be low.
 
pgg said:
I don't see how this is any different than lots of the plastic surgery getting done. All those 20-something women getting breast augmentations aren't recovering from mastectomies done for breast cancer. Nose jobs, butt implants, hair transplants, even really wacky out-there barbaric stuff like limb lengthening surgeries in people who just want to hit the 6'0" threshold on their Tinder profile.

Honestly, inking some skin is a whole lot safer than most of that stuff.

I don't see how the malpractice risk would be any higher or different than any of that cosmetic stuff high-earning actors get done.
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Like Numbus said, you’re likely the only one with insurance. If **** goes bad, you’re the only one they’re coming after.
 
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