Maybe.: Topical analgesics can be helpful when used as directed for treating painful skin or tissue. If the skin is broken, chapped, or bleeding, however, and the skin or tissue is no longer intact topical analgesics should not be used because the medication may not stay locally as intended.
Answered 10/3/2013
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