[Republic]

I am glad to read this.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I thought it said Raghead :)

[Spirochete]

There’s an excellent Rufosity article on wikipedia.

[mollynme]

Now if I could just find a red haired dental hygienist who could sympathize with me, I might go more often. I HATE going to the dentist and yep, I’m a redhead.

[Paul46360]

TRUE TRUE...as a redhead I know this to be true.
I even had a dentist tell me that I was unusual in the amount of Novocaine that he had to use.

I NOW NEED TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A MINORITY AND GET SPECIAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES!!!!

[martin_fierro]

Izzit pinup tiem naow?

[spkpls4]

“redheads were difficult to anesthetize”

My husband would say “redheads were difficult in any situation”.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Redhead PING!

[mnehring]

Here, reducing the unecessary information.
..researchers found that redheads are more resistant to the effects of local anesthesia, such as the numbing drugs used by dentists.

[JimRed]

Is that why I’m such a sissy in the dentist’s chair?

[Malsua]

I don’t even use Novocaine and I used to have flaming red hair. It’s gone blondish white now though.

[karatemom]

Would it matter if you’re a ravishing faux redhead? just askin.....

[Twotone]

I’ve heard this is also true of those of Scottish descent.

[armymarinemom]

Then there is the bleeding issue.

[usconservative]

A 2004 study showed that redheads require, on average, about 20 percent more general anesthesia than people with dark hair or blond coloring. And in 2005, researchers found that redheads are more resistant to the effects of local anesthesia, such as the numbing drugs used by dentists.

I must be an aberration then. I'm a redhead and I get knocked out rather easily. A few weeks back I had a caudal epidural which requires anesthesia (believe me: you don't want to get one of those without it!) As this was my second one in the series, the anesthesiologist decided to use less anesthesia than the first because they had a hard time bringing me out from being under.

I suffer from chronic lower back pain due to an injury years ago and 4 lower back operations (one 8 months ago.) I refuse all narcotics, and the doctors all tell me I have a very high pain threshhold. I walked around with a broken spinal fusion at L5-S1 and a bone spur pressing against the root nerve in my lower back for several months before getting it fixed - and I never took a single pain killer before or after the surgery that corrected it.

I've even had teeth drilled and filled without novocaine. I hate the stuff. I'd rather go without then drool all over myself while it wears off.

The rest of y'all red heads must be real wimps I suppose. C'mon, we're supposed to be the master race for crying out loud!!

(/humor)

[ModelBreaker]

I must be a red head. Dentist can hardly get me numb or, when he does, keep me numb long enough to finish a filling or, heaven forbid, a root canal.

[RatsDawg]

I have worked as an Orthodontist Assistant for 7 years, and I would say we have very few red heads going through Ortho treatment, the ones that do seem to be much more sensitive, so I guess this would make sense.

[blam]

Lady Godiva

The Art Of Being A Redhead

[blam]

Redheads 'Are Neanderthals'

[Question_Assumptions]

I’m not a redhead (I’m blonde) but do have Celtic and Germanic background and I’m resistant to anesthesia and Novocaine. I wonder if other genes related to red-headed ethnicities, rather than the red hair genes, themselves, are responsible.