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TIL Redheads tend to need more anesthesia than those with darker hair, because of their MC1R gene. This gene not only influences a person's pigmentation, but it's been speculated to also influence... (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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Original Title: TIL Redheads tend to need more anesthesia than those with darker hair, because of their MC1R gene. This gene not only influences a person's pigmentation, but it's been speculated to also influence their pain perception.

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[–] Lemme_put_it_here 2 points 2 years ago

Yup can confirm, the amount of times I've had to have a "top up" during a dentist appointment. I've finally found a dentist now that will give me 3 shots before he even starts. Also morphine and methadone does piss all, Tramadol wheres is at!