Do you numb out the piercing area or use anaesthesia?

This is a common question and the answer is no. Since, I am not licensed to practice medicine, can not write perceptions and can not apply injectable, I do not have a working knowledge of anaesthesia or the knowledge to safely uses them. So, I don't.

Topical anesthesias are very limited in their ability and there is really nothing that is available for uses that would be effective. In most cases an injection anaesthesia would need to be done a number of times and would in fact be more painful then the piercing itself. Think about it, what is the point of feeling the discomfort of the needle and injection just to mask the pain of the piercing. It's like getting pierced to get pierced and is for the most part over medicating. Anesthesias introduce let another chance for reactions, risks and cross contamination.

The Caine family of medications are prone to reactions and I'm not a expert on anaesthesia nor do I have access to my client's medical history. Since, some of the reaction and side effects include everything from becoming mildly light headed to a fatal reaction, I would not suggest using them at all or having them used on you.

Another group of products on the market are freezing agents or sprays. Think about it people, Freezing Not Good. Freezing Bad. It causes tissue damage and may hinder your body's ability to produce skin cells.

Lastly, the point of having a piercing preformed on your body by a professional piercer is that they are skilled enough to make the piercing less painful, making the uses of anaesthesia pointless.

It is my experience that when they are used it is often to hide the fact that piercer doesn't know what they are doing. In most cases if the piercing is extremely painful either the piercer under skilled or the piercing shouldn't even be preformed in the first place(some experimental piercings come to mind). Understand that pain is your body's warning sign. Listen to your body. If you can't handle the pain or the pain is too much, don't go back to that piercer for future piercings, tell everyone you know not to go to that piercer and/or reconsider getting that piercing in the first place.