To say that local anesthetic is complete garbage?

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I've had a few procedures in various parts of my body under local and every time I can still feel everything and it's painful.

Today I had a minor operation again under local and I'm feeling completely traumatised about how painful it was even though I complained twice during the procedure (and was given more doses). Even after 3 it was still incredibly painful. No one actually checked at the beginning either that it was numb, they just assumed and made a start.

I feel like a lot of the time doctors don't actually wait enough time for it to kick in. Usually they start pretty much straight away or give it a minute tops. Anyone else had bad experiences with local? Today's op has completely put me off from having anything under local again if I can help it.

And no I don't have Ehlers Danlos syndromes (I know LA doesn't work for people who do).

Anaesthetic doesn’t work well on me either, epidurals and spinal blocks don’t work- I had to get a general giving birth to my son!

@Mummbles the study you've quoted is regarding inhalational anaesthetics, given as part of a general anaesthetic - they are nothing to do with local anaesthetics and have no relation whatsoever!

I was also going to suggest this but you normally get absolutely ridiculed on forums like this.

My sympathies to all the ladies who had LA and epidurals fail on you during childbirth - can't imagine how painful that would have been!

And anesthetiser doesn't work as well on red-heads allegedly! I'm a ginge and have always needed more local anaesthetic than I'm originally dosed with, even as a kid.