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I have just want to know what doctors or nurses rub on a certain skin area before they inject you with a needle. is it a local anesthetic?
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Not usually : Rubing of skin is usually done with rubbing alcohol or any other antiseptic so that the procedure is relatively clean procedure, with low risk of infection.
Answered 2/25/2014
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