Why do your customers still suffer the pain during tattooing?

Why is getting a tattoo so painful?

Generally speaking, if pain management is properly managed using numbing cream for tattoos before tattoo treatment begins, patients will experience no pain during treatment. The following are some common reasons for pre-operative pain management failure:

1. Insufficient waiting time

This is one of the most common reasons for pain management failure, often seen by novice tattoo artists. Due to insufficient understanding of the effective time of painless tattoo numbing cream, they begin tattoo treatments before the topical numbing cream have taken effect, causing patients to experience significant pain during treatment.

2. Insufficient dosage

This is another most common reasons for pain management failure, often seen by novice tattoo artists. They apply too little or too thin lidocaine numbing cream to the patient's skin. This prevents the cream's active ingredients from reaching the deep layers of the skin and achieving a deep numbing effect. As a result, the numbing effect may not last as long as expected, and the patient may gradually experience pain during treatment.

3. Improper application

Even if the amount used and the waiting time are adequate, incorrect application can still lead to pre-operative pain management failure. How to apply numbing cream for tattoos? There are two crucial points. First, after applying pain relief cream to the skin, cover it with plastic wrap. This effectively prevents the no pain tattoo cream from coming into contact with air, preventing oxidation of the active ingredients and resulting in numbing failure. Second, for eyebrow tattoos, especially if the patient has natural brow hair, the pain relief creams should be applied against the direction of the hairline to prevent it from blocking the skin's absorption of the lidocain cream. For example, when using a lidocaine prilocaine cream, apply it against the direction of hair flow using a cotton swab.

4. Poor product quality

The numbing effect is most affected by product quality. Expired or spoiled anesthesia cream for tattoo will inevitably lead to ineffective preoperative pain management. Furthermore, product quality issues such as inferior raw materials and immature formulas can also affect the numbing effect.

How long dose numbing cream last?

Usually numbing cream for tattoo can keep numbing for 3-5 hours, you can also use midway soothing gel for tattoo or tattoo numbing spray if the patient feel pain during the treatment.

How to make tattoo numbing cream last longer? First, proper use of numb cream is crucial for achieving effective pain relief. Second, before purchasing, understand the onset and duration of the numbing topical cream. Choosing the right, high-quality product ensures the best numbing cream for tattoos lasts long enough to support the smooth progress of treatment and achieve desired pain management results.

Can you put too much tattoo numbing cream on?

We absolutely do not recommend overusing cream numbing skin in exchange for a prolonged numbing effect. Excessive use of numbing cream lidocaine may cause redness, swelling, irritation, or burns. Different treatments require a specific waiting time for pain numbing cream to take effect. For example, permanent makeup microblading numbing cream require 25-30 minutes to take effect, while body tattoos require at least 60 minutes. Furthermore, different types of tattoo soothing products have different onset times. For example, liquid numbing essence penetrate deeper into the skin more quickly than tattoo anesthetic cream, resulting in a faster onset. We recommend using topical pain relief cream according to the indicated time on the product label.

Will skin numbing cream with higher lidocaine content maintain the numbing effect longer?

Generally speaking, within the same formula, the higher the active ingredient content in a painless tattoo cream, the stronger and longer-lasting the numbing effect. However, a higher lidocaine content doesn't necessarily guarantee better results, human tolerance and safety must be considered.

According to medical literature guidelines, the lidocaine and prilocaine content of numbing creams for external use must not exceed 5% (that is no more than 50mg of numbing ingredients per 1g of cream). Some national drug administrations require a limit of no more than 4%. For specific regulations, please consult your local drug regulations.

Furthermore, the duration of the tattoo soothing effect is also related to the formula and raw materials. Common ingredients in numbing pain products currently include lidocaine, prilocaine, benzocaine, tetracaine, and epinephrine. These ingredients work together to effectively extend the duration of the pain relief effect compared to single-ingredient lidocaine formulations and may even help reduce bleeding in tattooed areas.

Mature and stable numbing formulas can usually achieve more than 90% numbing effects. Therefore, judging the duration of the tattoo no pain effect based solely on lidocaine content is a common misconception. We recommend choosing best tattoo numbing cream with mature formulas, high-quality ingredients and good reputation to ensure their good effects.

Why is my numbing cream brown?

Topical anesthetic cream turning brown is a very common phenomenon. This is because the active ingredients in topical cream for pain relief, such as lidocaine, have high requirements for storage conditions. Storage conditions can affect the chemical stability of the active ingredients, such as light, temperature, and air exposure. If you encounter an lidocaine cream turning brown, we recommend first investigating the cause. First, you need to determine whether the topical lidocaine cream turned brown when it was newly opened or when it was reopened after use.

1. Browning when newly opened

This may be due to excessive temperatures during transportation or storage.

2. Browning when reopened

This is usually related to oxidation. Common causes include the cap not being tightened tightly, the tube not being covered with plastic wrap after use, or the user not replacing the cap immediately after squeezing out no pain cream for tattoos. This allows the cream to come into contact with air, where oxygen in the air oxidizes the numb cream, causing it to turn brown. It may also be caused by the storage space temperature being higher than 25 degrees.

Is it okay that my tattoo numbing cream is brown?

Absolutely not. Please check numbing cream before tattoo, if you notice tattoo anesthesia cream turning brown, discard it immediately and avoid reuse. This will affect the active ingredients in the tattoo cream for no pain, making it loss effective.

How should I store numbing cream?

We recommend storing super numb tattoo cream above freezing and below 25°C, away from direct sunlight. Also, do not freeze them. After opening, close the tube cap as soon as possible and wrap the tube cap with plastic wrap before closing. Once opened, use the numb up tattoo cream within 6 months. Do pain test for the patients before the treatment.