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Will emla (lidocaine and prilocaine) cream reduce the pain before getting moles removed? if so, how much pain will it reduce?

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Dr. Ayyaz Shah answered

Specializes in Dermatology

EMLA (lidocaine and prilocaine): EMLA (lidocaine and prilocaine) cream will reduce the pain of the needle stick, however one still needs local infiltration of local anesthetic via intradermal injection to be a completely pain free procedure.

Answered 10/4/2015

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Yes: Yes it will help but you still may require the injection of a local anesthetic as well; the EMLA (lidocaine and prilocaine) will reduce the pain from the injection of local anesthetic.

Answered 6/27/2014

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