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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Because anesthesia is tricky. My ex-FIL, a dentist, just stuck to things like novacaine because the training and liability insurance for doing gas anesthesia was too much. If somebody wanted to be knocked out, he would refer them to another dentist who did it.
It’s not that painful to get body art vs medical surgery And probably a ton more expensive and way more red tape than it’s worth to incorporate anaesthesia into tattoos and piercings. I have 3 tattoos and 9 piercings and never thought any of them were worth getting anaesthesia for.
In Canada- Anesthesia is actually used for people getting IUD insertions when other attempts have failed. For example, if the patient had been sedated with anti-anxiety medications such as Ativan but still pass out, after one or two attempts the gynaecologist may reschedule to do it in an OR with an anesthesiologist. It was easier to do this before Covid when hospitals were less stressed but is still done in extreme cases now.
In Canada- Anesthesia is actually used for people getting IUD insertions when other attempts have failed. For example, if the patient had been sedated with anti-anxiety medications such as Ativan but still pass out, after one or two attempts the gynaecologist may reschedule to do it in an OR with an anesthesiologist. It was easier to do this before Covid when hospitals were less stressed but is still done in extreme cases now.
By “applied,” I think you mean on the surface of the skin. That’s called “topical.” You can certainly do that for tattoos, but you’d have to get the anesthetic cream from a doctor. Apply it about a half hour before the tattoo, and it might wear off before the tattoo artist is finished.
As far as applying anesthesia for IUD insertion, putting anesthetic on the surface of the cervix would do little, if anything. It is the stretching that’s painful. Conscious sedation or perhaps a pudendal nerve block (you’d have to do both sides) would be the only way to go for that. Pudendal nerve blocks are hard, and conscious sedation has some risks and needs its own skill set on the part of the medical team. Insurance denials are probably the reason it’s not done. Insurance companies consider anesthesia “part of the procedure,” and therefore not eligible for any additional payment, unless it’s done by a separate doctor (like an anesthesiologist), and even then, I’d be surprised if they would pay it.
Tattoos specifically, if you can’t handle the pain don’t get it done. I enjoy the pain but I’m also crazy
By “applied,” I think you mean on the surface of the skin. That’s called “topical.” You can certainly do that for tattoos, but you’d have to get the anesthetic cream from a doctor. Apply it about a half hour before the tattoo, and it might wear off before the tattoo artist is finished.
As far as applying anesthesia for IUD insertion, putting anesthetic on the surface of the cervix would do little, if anything. It is the stretching that’s painful. Conscious sedation or perhaps a pudendal nerve block (you’d have to do both sides) would be the only way to go for that. Pudendal nerve blocks are hard, and conscious sedation has some risks and needs its own skill set on the part of the medical team. Insurance denials are probably the reason it’s not done. Insurance companies consider anesthesia “part of the procedure,” and therefore not eligible for any additional payment, unless it’s done by a separate doctor (like an anesthesiologist), and even then, I’d be surprised if they would pay it.
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.
Tattoos specifically, if you can’t handle the pain don’t get it done. I enjoy the pain but I’m also crazy
There is a shop in Basel, Xs piercing, that does anesthesia! As many have suggested to do it you need some sort of license and the pain is something you can cope with/ part of the experience, but if you are dead scared you could plan a trip to Basel (next week is also carnival so it might be an interesting vacation)
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