This cream is a local anaesthetic used for a variety of reasons. These include injections, having blood taken and/or having a cannula inserted. It may also be used for topic skin treatments that are uncomfortable and tattoos.
Some people use lidocaine cream like LMX4 to ease the pain when they’re getting a tattoo, especially tattoos covering a large area. Although lidocaine cream can be used for this reason, we’d recommend asking both your pharmacist and your tattoo artist before doing so. This will help you to be sure that this product is right for you and that you’ll apply the cream in a way that won’t affect the appearance of your tattoo.
If you are looking for an alternative topical anaesthetic, Emla Cream 5% 30g contains lidocaine and prilocaine to numb the skin.
Ingredients
Active Ingredient: 1g cream contains 40mg lidocaine
Benzyl alcohol, carbomers, cholesterol, phospholipon 80H (hydrogenated soy lecithin), polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, trolamine, vitamin E acetate and purified water.
Apply at least 30 minutes before the procedure.
For adults and children over 1: Use 1 – 2.5g of cream (1g is approximately the same as a 5cm length of cream squeezed from the 5g or a 3.5cm length of cream from the 30g tube).
Use this amount to cover an area of skin that is around 2.5cm x 2.5cm.
Do not leave it on the skin for more than 5 hours.
