Really nice writeup! Great you found such a wonderful place to get your implants done 
And big respect for all those people who are afraid of needles and still decide to poke such a big thing into their hands 
From my experience, a lot of it has to do with the mindset… though I’m (luckily) not afraid of needles, I have a serious problem with dentists - I totally panic, sweat a lot, my body actually cramps when I’m lying there. And to make things worse, the (injected!) numbing hardly works at all there, so I’m always afraid of the pain, and there always is pain.
When getting my silicone implant, I was a bit nervous when my installer told me that the anaesthetic he uses was “basically the same stuff you get at a dentist (just without the epi)” - funny enough, it worked. No pain at all, just because I was in a calm and trusted environment and not freaking out like hell.
The bodmod-setting does something to my brain that the doctor-setting just can’t do
So for all needle-/scalpel-fearing people here - if you really want to get it done, get a place you feel really comfortable with, find a person you can trust a lot, and maybe just give it a try. Might work better as expected