Numbing spray have been in use widely in the medical and cosmetic industry for skin surgeries or tattoo making or jewellery piercing. Here let us understand how the numbing sprays are used as numbing cream for skin and what is the chemical composition used while manufacturing a numbing cream
What Is A Numbing Spray Made Up Of?
Most of the numbing sprays available in the market consist of the below chemicals which are anaesthetics. Anaesthetic chemicals are used in the anaesthesia department of the medical field usually to make someone unconscious. They are also used for numbing a particular organ or part on which a medical procedure shall be performed.
- Lidocaine
- Xylocaine
- Benzocaine
- Tetracaine
- Pramoxine
And many other similar numbing anesthetics with little change in the chemical bonds but all serving the same purpose, used in different percentages of combinations to serve different purposes such as dental surgeries, cosmetic surgeries, etc.
How do The Chemicals work?
Lidocaine and Xylocaine anesthetics are used as numbing elements due to their ability to block the sensation in the nerves thus making the stimuli transmission from the brain to the organ numb which will help in not reacting to the needle penetration or any kind of painful procedures.
Once the numbing spray starts showing its actions, when the needle or a tool enters the skin surface, the stimuli signal will be blocked as nerve transmission is blocked and this signal wouldn’t reach the brain and there would not be any responsibility for the pain-causing stimuli which makes the person to not feel any pain.
Side Effects Of The Usage
Every product for aesthetic and medical needs does have a risk of side effects with minute inconveniences. Nausea, irritability, itching, and swelling on the area of numbing spray-applied can happen for hardly 15 minutes and will be set to normal. Make note that if the numbing spray is used on sensitive body organs, a few more side effects can be observed like dizziness and bloating, and with precautions, one can avoid the risk of side effects.
Pregnant ladies and people with long-term medical ailments such as diabetes, heart diseases, etc should better avoid using numbing sprays in any situations until suggested by their doctors. Also, using such numbing drugs can reduce the effect of regular medications taken by people with diabetes, cholesterol, and heart diseases and this interaction can cause low impacts of regular tablets consumed, which should also be discussed with your physician to avoid any kind of overdosage.
Where Can Numbing Sprays Be Used?
Numbing sprays are widely used in the tattoo industry but they are also used in cosmetic surgery procedures like facial micro-needling, botox, fillers, ear piercing, and plastic surgical procedures.
The numbing sprays available today are usually approved by medical authorities and drug authorities who approved drugs for pharmaceutical uses such as IPCA, FDA, and EMLA where they are certified and provided with a license to be used among the regular citizens.
