eli5: why is anesthesia not applied in these cases?

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Piercings and tattoos, I mean. Wouldn’t it be easy if we just applied anesthesia? I don’t know if there’s a reason why, but I do wanna know.

*Also, why isn’t anesthesia applied for IUD insertion?

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I believe that legally, an anesthesiologist must be present if general anesthesia is used on s patient. That is expensive. They make sure you stay alive while you are “under” by monitoring your heart rate, oxygen levels, blood pressure, etc, etc and they know what to do if something goes wrong.

Getting a voluntary cosmetic procedure does not warrant general anesthesia.

Also, part if the tattoo experience is enduring the procedure.

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