eli5: why is anesthesia not applied in these cases?

Question

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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Answer 1

Tattoos specifically, if you can’t handle the pain don’t get it done. I enjoy the pain but I’m also crazy