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Can Numbing Cream be Used Before a Piercing?

By Karen L. Hudson, About.com

Question: Can Numbing Cream be Used Before a Piercing?
Answer: Some piercers will use an ointment similar to Orajel for tongue piercings, but all that does it take an edge off. Other piercings are done flat out. It's not worth the bother, time or expense of some pain-reducing agent for something that is only going to last a few seconds.
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