Humans weren ' t meant to be flying around in two tons hunks of metal at 60 mph yet here we are . <| sep |> I was more concerned with losing fat before I worried about gains . <| sep |> Just got my wisdom teeth out a week ago . depending on how your teeth are situated , its very possible that you don ' t need general anaesthesia . I had the same fear you mention , plus I just didn ' t want to mess with recovery from anaesthesia on top of wisdom tooth recovery . I told them upfront that I didn ' t want to be put out , and they said that was fine , just gave me novocaine and nitrous instead . It was a breeze and I was clearheaded and functional immediately after . It seems that most normal wisdom tooth extractions don ' t require general anaesthesia , and in some countries , it ' s not even the norm .