Well, Today we were granted something short of a magical today In Melbourne, Australia (at least in my eyes) We are now allowed to travel up to 25km from home (we have only been allowed 5km for the past few months) And some shops are able to open again! Meaning my favourite BodyMod Shop.
So I have booked in to get my Magic Flex implanted on the 25th of November! (floating date as my artist may need to change it depending on a few things)
Now in my excitement, I do what I always do and reread every single thing on the shopās website about implants (I get excited and go over thing 100 times) and noticed the sentence āLocal anaesthetic can be administered by a licensed medical practitionerā
So I now know Local anaesthetic is not included in the original price, and I was wondering how many people have had a flex implant done and if they Had/Didnāt have Anaesthetic. Iām used to needles (hell Iām used to getting 3 blood tests every weekday for 6 months) but Iām not sure about a scalpel to the hand. Should I fork out the extra for the Local? or just get a topical? (we have 5% numbing over the counter) or does topical do anything for these implants? Is it necessary or is it more of a luxury?
@vampire_blue , 10% will bring you to haven, compared to implanting without anaesthetics. Speaking from experience. GET LIDOCAINE! If you get Emla, great!
With the Emla, the only thing is: read the label as you would and give it at least 2 hours.
My best experience was leaving it on for 3-3,5 hours.
Have fun with your new implant !!
Answering your question about āLocalā, the reason I would recommend it because it (if you get the right one) can reduce bleeding.
There is epinephrine in some of the lidocaines, that tightens the blood vessels (thatās why adrenaline make you pale). Injecting that to the incision side is generally a good idea. Thus ,the pocket ideally doesnāt bleed that much, except if you need to go over scar tissue, however, the incision does bleed. About a 1ml would be enough for a 5-6mm incision, but the topical cream will numb you down along the pocket. To be fair, you can do the FlexM1 without anything, but you donāt want that. If you can get Emla, go for it. If you can get a bit of lido injected to reduce the bleeding, go for that as well!
Thatās not always a good oneā¦ My artist consciously goes without epi, because it might bleed less during the procedure (pro), but it will start to do so some time afterwards, after the suture is in (big con). He just lets it bleed a bit, then pushed the rest of the blood out and then closes up the incision. Made sense to me, to prevent a big hematoma the body has to get rid off again.
Ah, and about the ādoing it without numbingā-stuff - Iād not recommend that @Mariarangok gets my biggest respect for going through this, and I know of one customer of my artist who decided to go without numbing as well, but this is usually not a good idea. Itās a lot of stress for the body
right so for the 33mm diameter (I donāt think anyone has said it was a good idea to fold the implant) it would be 6ml? I know the doctor will make his own decisions just trying to do the math.
I agree! I had that. My flex went through scar, so it took ages to get the pocket done, and blood sharted out of my finger. Otherwise my skin is really thin and soft. In my case it works like a charm. for small incisions.
Second! It is not an experience you need. I tried it for you so I can say that!
Ahh, so you not getting FlexM1, but a circle. Donāt worry about quantities, I just said it because I found it interesting to note. If I knew you getting a bigass implant I would not even mention any numbers.
Ahhh haha thought it was weird you had done it in smaller numbers. Nah I have a āflexMT without the T5577 and an added extra blinkie to make it the same as the NExT LEDsā so i just call it a Magic Flex coz FlexM1 is allredy a whole different implant.
Due to the fact that an injected anaesthesia may very well cost more than the implant itself, i think i will go for the strongest topical i can find. 10% if Iām lucky and 5% if iām not.
I got 10% pure Russian-grade lidocaine injections 2 minutes before getting opened up and partially skinned for the doNExT. It literally acted that quick. I didnāt feel anything until my installer started carving under one spot that the lidocaine hadnāt touched too well. Never been so surprised by such a sharp pain in a long time.
It is not the needle, but that bloody burning sensation.
Interesting argument, however: wether you should take the pain or not.
@anon3825968, @fraggersparks, did you guys had topical + injection combined?
Iām wondering about a bigger implant to get at some point, so itās for future reference.
My personal opinion on this is - if you canāt take the pain, you shouldnāt wear the adornment. Set aside things which are clearly surgery, splitting tongues, getting implants, this stuff. But a tattoo doesnāt really hurt that much (not only my opinion, but also that of some friends who are not into pain at all^^)ā¦ additionally, many anaesthetics can change the skin a bit, soften it, making it swell up a little, and this might lead to wonky tattoos and piercings.