Pain Scores Associated with Lidocaine-Tetracaine Versus Lidocaine-Prilocaine Topical Anesthesia During Facial and Cervical Microneedling: A Retrospective Single-Center Observational Analysis

Medicina (Kaunas). 2026 May 25;62(6):1026. doi: 10.3390/medicina62061026. ABSTRACT Background: Effective topical anesthesia is essential to patient comfort and adherence during minimally invasive esthetic procedures. We retrospectively reviewed pain scores recorded after microneedling in a single private clinic where two topical anesthetic formulations-lidocaine 7%/tetracaine 7% (Pliaglis) and lidocaine 2.5%/prilocaine 2.5% (Anesderm)-were used as part of standard […]