Topical anesthetic creams offer patients pain relief from laser resurfacing and other cosmetic skin-site treatments. But according to one expert, a new topical anesthetic peel-away cream is more effective and convenient than other, more frequently used topical anesthetic creams.

Using propofol, ketamine, local anesthetic, and a bispectral index monitor, the minimally invasive anesthesia technique represents a safer, simplified and less-costly approach to anesthesia that is appropriate for all cosmetic surgery procedures, says Barry L. Friedberg, M.D., innovator of the technique.