5% Lidocaine Topical Numbing Cream for Painkilling, 2 Pack 2.7oz Max Strength Pain Relief Cream Ointment Anesthetic Gel with Liposomal for Sections, Hemorrhoid, Local and Anorectal Discomfort

Was not effective.. within less than an hour the effect was gone.. had to endure another 3 hours of getting inked in much pain.. there are other options of up to 40% lidocaine, which I was not aware of and may have been better.. Will be trying that for next session..

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Yes, it works, if you properly prepare. The photos attached were for a 1.5 hr outline/touchup/coverup followed by 3 hrs of blue coloring. It completely numbed me the entire time except for the last 30 minutes. At which point the effectiveness dropped to about 50%, so, still completely worth it. I would suggest applying a ‘test sample’ the day prior to your tattoo. Do this by applying a small amount to the back of your hand and cover it with wrap. Let it sit about 30 minutes. This will make sure you don’t have a reaction to this cream (as some people do). If you don’t have any redness then you are clear. The day of, here’s what I did (2 hours prior to appointment): - Hot Shower (opens pores). - Apply A LOT of cream (I used 1 complete bottle at this point). - Wrap the area with plastic wrap. - Wrap the area with additional heat source (I used a heating pad). This helps keep your pores open and let's the cream really get into your skin. - After 1 hour, I removed wrap, reapplied more cream (1/2 of new bottle), rewrap area, cycle heat source (I started cycling my heat source on and off because the numbing cream was really starting to take effect at this point because I realized I couldn't feel the heat from the pad anymore and did not want to overdo the heat applied to my arm prior to the appointment). - 15 minutes before appointment I removed wrap and wash the area with warm water until all cream and residue was completely gone. Two things to note at this point: 1: At this point, the texture of my skin was different, almost 'puffy', this was not due to the cream but rather the amount and length of heat I had applied to the area. 2: The color of my skin was red, looked like I had a bad sunburn. Again, this was due to the amount and length of heat applied. - Both these points were remedied by thoroughly cleaning the area with water, and by turning on the AC in my car to full coldness, allowing cold air over my arm on the drive to the shop. - By the time I arrived to the shop all the redness and texture difference in my skin was completely gone (no need to freak out my tattoo artist). - It was about 30 minutes or so from the time I removed the cream and the time my tattoo artist started tattooing. All in all, this product did work for me. But, I did do a lot of prep for it to do so. Simply applying this to your skin would probably not be effective if you are looking to get a tattoo. Remember; actually sitting for the tattoo is only about 5% of the work. The remaining 95% comes from property preparing for the tattoo and the aftercare of the tattoo.

I have a bunch of tattoos and never thought to use a numbing cream. Recently I thought why not try it for a large chest piece. I tried a few different numbing creams and this one worked the best. I applied it and then used a seran wrap to seal it in for 30-60mins. It worked great for about 30 mins. I kept re-applying during the session and it was a lot less painful than when not using it. The only negative is your tattoo artist will hate you!

Another one of those few products which actually live up to the hype. Using this product I was able to completely shave a callous with zero pain that was so painful I couldn't touch before.

I tested this numbing cream out for a tattoo before I really used it for what the main purpose of this purchase was. It was amazing and completely numbing for the tattoo. Didn’t feel a thing. Now as for the main reason I purchased it. I just finished my 4th tattoo laser removal treatment. I used the nurses numbing cream and lidocaine skin needle injections and the cold air machine all at the same time for my first 3 sessions. Each one was unbelievably painful and hard to sit through each session being an hour long taking breaks of rest here and there. Now that being said my tattoo that’s being laser removed is all dark black from my knuckle to my elbow. Didn’t know if i could go through with anymore treatments with the laser. Then I tried this miracle cream. Before my laser session I shaved my arm, cleaned it, had a hot rag over my arm from knuckles to elbow to open the pores, globbed this cream on the tattoo area, wrapped it with plastic wrap, drove to my appointment (30 minutes), re-applied and rewrapped the area again once arrived to appointment, then right being they started the laser tattoo removal treatment I took off the wrap on my arm so they could clean and start it. Results….I DIDN’T FEEL ANYTHING hardly at all. Laser tattoo removal is one of the most painful things you can do and this made it a walk in the park. You feel slight slight zaps but absolutely nothing compared to before. I will forever keep buying this product. Thank you so much for this miracle cream.

I put this on an hour nd 30 minutes before my appointment my arm did not hurt around my wrist there, but I didn’t put it enough on it . It was my fault my neck was hurting so bad .I think the best thing you should do is pack like a whole bunch on there.