Anesthetic patches / ointment does not work

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Basically @Devilclarke said but with more in depth details on using lidocaine cream:

Experiment: Custom topical 4% lidocaine patch

At Dangerous Things we offer the PMK , as well as a very effective topical anesthetic patch. Both have down sides. The PMK itself and/or the use of it is heavily regulated in many geographies. The patch is highly effective, but also very small… about an inch in diameter, or about the size of a US quarter, or a 1 Euro coin. In an earlier experiment I tried using a commercial large surface area topical lidocaine patch, which ultimately failed to produce desired results. After thinking a bit about…