I'm in the US. Had mine removed when I was 17 before they broke through the surface, I think. They offered general* and local anesthetic. I asked for general, b

I'm in the US. Had mine removed when I was 17 before they broke through the surface, I think. They offered general* and local anesthetic. I asked for general, but nobody told me you couldn't eat or drink anything in the 18 hours or so before the surgery, so they ended up using local. It was a pretty quick procedure. * It might have been sedation they offered, not general anesthesia.