It comprises a mixture of lidocaine, prilocaine and tetracaine, or theirpharmaceutically acceptable salts. The preferred composition comprises thefollowing components in the indicated approximate w/w percentages: 1.5% oflidocaine base; 1.5% of prilocaine base; 4% of tetracaine base; 10% ofmethylpyrrolidone; 2% of dimethyl sulfoxide; 0.08% of topical hyaluronidase;1.5% of guar gum; 1 % of Tween-20; 0.5% of Tween-80, and the necessary amountof water to 100%. It exhibits a a high concentration on skin, a deepanesthetic effect and a significantly more rapid onset of the anestheticeffect than comparable transdermal anesthetics.