What is the strongest topical anesthetic?

[Radium]

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Hi:

What is the strongest topical anesthetic?


Thanks,

Radium

 

[DreamMachine]

 

[rsgillmd]

Hi:

What is the strongest topical anesthetic?


Thanks,

Radium

Strength isn't a very specific term. Are you talking about available concentration? About potency? Something else?

 

[Radium]

Strength isn't a very specific term. Are you talking about available concentration? About potency? Something else?

What is the most potent topical anesthetic?

 

[Planktonmd]

Topical means something applied to a surface, the question is what surface?
Are you asking what is the best anesthetic to apply topically to the intact skin?
Could you be asking which is the best topical anesthetic for a mucosal surface like the airway, the oral cavity, or even the conjunctiva?
The answer to your question depends greatly on what you are trying to anesthetize and on how long you want to anesthetize it.

 

[Radium]

Topical means something applied to a surface, the question is what surface?
Are you asking what is the best anesthetic to apply topically to the intact skin?
Could you be asking which is the best topical anesthetic for a mucosal surface like the airway, the oral cavity, or even the conjunctiva?
The answer to your question depends greatly on what you are trying to anesthetize and on how long you want to anesthetize it.

For the skin on my outer lips, which topical anesthetic would be the most potent?

My purpose of using this anesthetic is to numb my outer lips to dry weather. The outer parts of my [which contain hair roots] burn badly if I don't use vaseline. If I do use vaseline, my lips look dirty and shiny. So I'm looking for an alternative. I can put vaseline on the pink parts of my lips and still look clean but the brown parts must not be oily.

I've tried using lotion and all other moisturizers -- they don't alleviate the burn. So far the only way to eliminate the burning sensation on the brown parts of my lips is to coat them with vaseline but as I said, it looks ugly.

That is why I need the most potent topical anesthetic possible. I would like to rub and massage in this anesthetic on the brown parts of my lips so that they will be numb to the agony of dryness.

This brings up another question. Will the anesthetic lose its effect if I keep applying it? I hope not but fear so.

What's my best bet?

 

[DreamMachine]

 

[Frank Rizzo]

 

[Radium]

Chapstick is for the pink parts of the lips, not the brown parts. For the pink parts, I can use vaseline and still look clean. For the brown parts I need the most potent topical anesthetic, so that I can be pain-free and clean-looking.

 

[Radium]

Very funny🙄

 

[IlDestriero]

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[Jeff05]

in anesthesia the only thing we use for non-mucous surfaces topically is EMLA. it is NOT recommended for constant applications, as it may lead to methemoglobin formation.

 

[Radium]

in anesthesia the only thing we use for non-mucous surfaces topically is EMLA. it is NOT recommended for constant applications, as it may lead to methemoglobin formation.

What about oxethazaine? Will oxethazaine lose its anesthetic effect if I keep using it?

 

[RussianJoo]

wow where do you live? are you santa?

 

[Arch Guillotti]

SDN is not for personal medical advice.

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