Do Local Anesthesia Shots to the Face Hurt Alot when Injected?
asked 11 months ago by nora in Texas in Weslaco, TX
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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Tags: injection, local anesthesia, pain
4 answers to Do Local Anesthesia Shots to the Face Hurt Alot when Injected?
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Local anesthesia to face
Local anesthesia injected to the face can sting a bit from the acidic ph of the fluid. Someitmes this can be neutralized with bicarbonate. Also topical anesthetic can be used first before injection
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Does local anesthesia hurt
There is some discomfort to receiving local injections. Every person has a different level of tolerance. some tricks that help are to buffer the solution which diminishes the burning feeling, use numbing cream before injection and have a regional nerve block.
Michael L. Schwartz, MD
West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon
West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon
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Do shots hurt
Everone has a different level of pain tolerance. Needles by defination hurt.. But, there are many tricks that can be used to make them tolerable.
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Wow, just asking that sounds painful.
There are many ways to administer local anesthesia. Some means are more comfortable than others. I personally like to start by topically numbing the skin with anesthetic cream. No matter what else, this take a big bite out of any discomfort. For procedures like BOTOX and fillers, this is more than enough anesthesia for almost anyone. Even lip edge treatment is pretty tolerable with the use of fillers like Restylane-L which contains the local anesthetic lidocaine...
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