Quote from: Donica on September 22, 2018, 11:38:17 AM
I'm sorry I didn't comment on your post earlier Kathy. How can I get a dental block? I guess I'll have to visit my dentist. I'm not sure which ones worse. I sure could have used one last Thursday. My torture Queen did my upper lip too. She almost couldn't hold me down.
Hugs Kathy!
Donica.
Yes, I went to my dentist. She is very good at giving needles nearly painlessly. It involved a bit of juggling to get the two appointments coordinated so I had enough time to get from one place to the other, but not so much time that the freezing was starting to wear off by the end of the electrolysis session. We alternated sessions with upper and lower lips.
Most times, my dentist numbed the area with about 8 or 9 shots. One time, she used 12 shots. That was a bit much, and I was almost too loopy to drive. She was very good about getting the freezing into the corners of my lips, which is hard to do, because the corners get nerves from both above and below.
I am still working on those areas, but all the mature hairs are gone, so I no longer need freezing. The baby hairs don't need such a strong zap, and I can handle it on Emla. Well, kind of. I can handle about 15 minutes of it before the Emla wears off and it is just too much. So recent sessions have been 15 minutes of upper and/or lower lip, followed by the balance of the session on some other area.