effective strength prescribed topical anesthetic

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Can anyone please recommend me what is/are the active ingredients & their percentage/formula of each active ingredient in prescription topical anaesthetic that is effective for electrolysis hair removal for around 2-3 hrs?

I work under dermatologist’s clinic but she isn’t electrologist.

At the moment, a topical anesthetic containing 4% lidocaine, 3% tetracaine & 3% prilocaine is applied when requested to sensitive clients. But I have found those clients still can feel the pain & energy during the treatment.

Can you please recommend what’s effective formula of numbing cream so I can request my dermatologist I’m working for to request the made-to-order formula from pharmacist.

Thank you,
Nora

#2

They will never not feel the treatment. The topicals at best will subdue the discomfort and make it more tolerable. If you want an absolutely no- discomfort treatment, this would require a local anesthetic not a topical . Something your MD may be able to do, which would make you very fortunate indeed! Note that the reason many of us have trouble getting people to administer local anesthetic is it is very time consuming for the MD to administer, then supervise and top up the injections as the treatment goes on.

The most pain free electrolysis I ever did on myself, was right after dental surgery where I was thoroughly frozen.

At those percentages given, some caution should be used on the exposure to the product. They are much higher than what is available over the counter in the US and Canada.

#3

I’ve used 3 different OTC topical anesthetics all containing 5% lidocaine. One worked really well. One worked ok. And one did not work at all. Found that odd since they had the same active ingredient.

#4

My stepdaughter was prescribed Benzocaine 8% Lidocaine 8% and Tetracaine 10% cream for our pre op genital sessions. I found it to be fast acting and very effective at deadening the treatment area we worked on.

#5

I do 2 hour sessions. I use BLT cream for the painful spots. With the combo of the drugs and the BLT cream the upper lip area is basically no pain. (Below the jawline of the neck area actually hurts more now than the upper lips because I don’t put on as much cream in that area.) I did my chest yesterday (had extra time) without ANY cream and that also hurt more than the upper lip.

The (single tube) BLT cream I bought is 20% Benzocaine, 6% Lidocaine, 4% Tetracaine. The website I bought it from did say it required a prescription. I did have a written prescription from my Doctor, but it never actually required me to upload the prescription. The website is biosenseclinic.com or .ca - BLT cream is not listed on their site anymore except they do have “Custom Numbing Cream” which I suspect is what they’ll offer you if you ask. (I bought 4 tubes 1 year ago, and still have 1 new tube.) The 60 gram tubes are about twice the size of a travel size toothpaste, and ran me about 50$ US for each tube. One tube (60 gram) will last forever if you’re just doing your face.

You can buy BLT cream from other places. I saw single tube sellers in California and Australia on Google. I saw a separate pack seller on Ebay, but I wouldn’t advise that because you need to correctly apply 3 creams from 3 different packages, and I don’t think that would be simple as just buying the cream in a single tube.

Single Tube BLT cream is a compounded cream and supposed to require a prescription in the US, AUS and CA. The next time I make it down to LA I will check in on a couple of pharmacies to see if I can use my prescription and buy it in person.

When I started Electrolysis, I experimented with combinations of drugs to deal with the pain. What works for me is taking 1/2 a vicodin, 2 tylenol, and 2-4 advil (or 1 Meloxicam). I suggest taking the drugs an hour before the session starts. (I end up taking the drugs just before I start driving and then applying cream when I get there, so I’m always really early.) (It takes 20 minutes for Vicodin to hit the blood stream, so I can get there before Vicodin starts to take affect.)

I take the three pain medications because they are not the same type of pain medications. I wouldn’t take Advil and Meloxicam together or Tramadol and Vicodin together because then I’m doubling up on the same type, and getting into dangerous areas. Please talk to a Medical Professional if you have any questions. I had a lengthy discussion with my Doctor about the Vicodin. Opiates aren’t for everyone - thankfully I don’t feel high at all when I take the 1/2 Vicodin.