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Contradicted by evidence, some years ago.
A study in a dental clinic used measurement of local-anaesthetic to measure how pain-sensitive redheads are..
It took .. was it 10% more? Definitely more, pain-killer for the redheads.
The genetic-defect which codes for red-hair, and splotchy-skin, also codes for being more pain-sensitive.
It also explains why redheads are "more reactive" as lifelong-pain-sensitized people naturally would be, doesn't it?
( I look Irish: my hair's gone white, but the fur on my arms is still orange )
I dont much about this topic, but isnt anesthesia efficacy different from a person's pain threshold?
Interesting insight!
I believe that anaesthetic is dependent on its interfering with mitochondria ( Nick Lane's Royal Institution talk, on yt, for that insight ),
so it'd be the same for all, from that angle .. but if there's a flaw in our neurology which makes anaesthetic not work as well..
thank you!