Uber Numb 5% Lidocaine Numbing Cream, Pain Relief Cream Burn Itch Cream, 2 Oz 1-Pack, Topical Anesthetic Cream Maximum Strength with Vitamin E for Local and Anorectal Uses, Hemorrhoid Treatment

I am going through Chemo. Doctor prescribed 1.5% Lidocaine for use over port. Saw this on Amazon, saw it had great reviews and thought WOW 5% would work even better. Well today had Chemo and 2 hours before put large dollop over port, then Saran Wrap over and taped down. Did not remove till just before port needle inserted. It was as if I had not put anything on the skin over the port. Let me tell you that is a big needle and it really hurts if skin not numbed. You will have to try at your own risk. This did not work one iota for me.UPDATE March 2021 Now going thru radiation. The burn is horrific especially after blisters and peeling. Still had Uber Numb as I don't throw anything away thank goodness. Nothing seemed to work fr pain, saw tub of Uber Numb and said what can it hurt to try. OMG thank you so much who ever makes this product. It takes the pain away for a good while (sorry I didn't check how long), I am able to continue my life. I am so grateful. Hope this helps someone else going thru Radiation.

EDIT: I still like this product and intend to repurchase it, however I do want to add a quick edit. I tried using the product again now, several months after the first time, and did not have the same results. I do not blame the product for this, but rather my different use of it. I wanted to mention this to emphasize correct use. The first time I used it, with amazing results (see original review below), I used generous amounts and reapplied twice. The second time, I did not have a lot of product remaining, and I was a bit overconfident after my positive previous experience. I therefore ended up using less product, almost more like a lotion, and only reapplied lightly once. It did work a bit, it provided some numbness (particularly noticeable with a lighter touch, which had the familiar sensation of numbness). But when waxing, there was still a fair amount of pain, albeit slightly reduced. So I do believe in this product still, but after these two separate experiences I have learned that you definitely need to apply it generously to get the desired effect! You basically want to slather the area. If done right, it works amazingly, so just keep that in mind :)--- Original review below ---I didn't have very high expectations for this but was pleasantly surprised! Got this product for at-home intimate waxing because I have a really low pain tolerance and absolutely dread waxing (only done it about three times before and it was awful) so I desperately wanted to try something that might help. Saw that lots of people used this for tattoos, so I figured that if it helps when poking a needle into your skin for hours then it should also work for violently ripping your hair out, yeah?Admittedly I was skeptical, especially since some reviews said it straight up didn't work. But I gave it a shot and used it according to what I could gather from other reviewers. Applied thickly and wrapped in plastic for two hours (also did two reapplications during that time just to be sure). When it was finally time to get started I was really nervous and honestly could not really tell if I was numbed or not. The area felt... strange... but then again I had just been soaking in cream for two hours so of course the skin would be a little weird. I cleaned the cream off and got ready to wax, hoping that it would at the very least have taken the edge off the pain but prepared myself to just woman up and make it through even if it still hurt like hell.Took a deep breath, ripped off the first wax strip, and.... IT DID NOT HURT!!! I was shocked, I had not expected it to work that well. Now I will say that I could feel SOMETHING, it's not like the skin was completely foreign to my body, but there was no pain. The rest of the waxing went brilliantly and I could go SO much faster than I have before since I didn't have to breathe heavily and psych myself up before each rip, hehe.Interestingly, while the rips did not hurt, I did feel a little bit afterwards. Especially after a few minutes (5-10?) there was a very slight prickly pain. Or hardly even a pain, more like that feeling when your foot falls asleep. So the skin did feel SOMEWHAT tender after but it was more of an annoyance than proper pain - again, I say this as someone with a low pain tolerance.One interesting note, however, is that I seemed MORE sensitive to temperature than normal. In the shower when the water was slightly too warm (and by that I mean "just above the lukewarm water I normally shower in") it almost kind of burned the skin in the numbed area. Very strange. I experienced the same thing when I patch tested the cream the night before on my hand. No idea how that happens but it was strange since I was definitely very numb to the touch.Anyway, overall I recommend this product! Yes, it works for waxing. Probably better than for tattoos, since other reviewers claim the effect wears off before the end of a longer tattoo session, whereas waxing is fast so you don't have to worry about that.

3 stars for this cream.I did read the reviews but didn't really piece together the "technicalities" of the product until after I purchased it. Essentially, it should work as is advertised on the page and the bottle, but it is not truly effective that way, and that is a huge disappointment.The problem here seems to be that this is advertised as a cream but is applied like a... Patch?The reviews make "recommendations" on how to best utilize it, with 2 (thick) applications in 10 minutes followed by a firm placement of saran wrap (really?). It's attempting to simulate the way a lidocaine patch would absorb into the skin but if that's what I was looking for... I'd have bought patches....The kicker was the email I received from the company shortly after purchasing ALSO recommendating this method to "get the most" out of the cream.... That's what the cream should do! I should not have to walk around with plastic wrap on my body simulating another delivery method...Pros: when used as suggested, with plastic wrap and 2 applications, it did provide some muscular pain relief for an hour or so (starting at about 20 min)Cons: not effective when used as advertised on bottleHave to leave on thick, so small quantity for the $Wears off quicklyInconvenientDoes not feel like 5% lidocaineIt doesn't really work as advertised, in my honest opinion. I can appreciate that this is from a small company. My feedback would be that rather than make after-the-fact delivery suggestions, try changing the formula or just going the patch route. There's something there, but this left a lot to be desired.I'll be going back to the 4% patches available at the pharmacy since 5% are so exclusive from my insurance company...