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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Works wonderful! I applied to my back for 2 hours then removed before a 7 hour tattoo appointment & it worked wonderfully. It lasted 6 hours & 48mins exactly, I of the appointment. I experienced no skin irritation or issues. No smell. Easy application and easy to use. Best to apply with gloves or a paint brush. Smooth to the touch.

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.

Great relief for low back and knee pain. No smell. Absolutely love it!

I use numbing cream before I wax my armpits. I tried this because it said "made in USA." It was OK, but definitely not as good as Numbmaster. I probably won't buy this again.

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!