Not America lol
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Legally speaking you donāt but America is a fear-based society and nobody is going to give you lidocaine without a prescription.
Iāve had 3 flexes installed in me in 3 different ways (needle, scapel and with scapel and dermal lifters, donāt like to watch the main installation process so not completely sure of the main process but I know that dermal lifters was the easiest of the 3) and none of them needed any pain management. People are different but only time I opted for pain managent was for the Titan installation on ring finger pad.
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Iāll echo,
If youāve done a standard injector install, the flex needle while looking chonktasticā¦ is actually only a bit worse and itās just till it breaks through the skin fully, which admittedly takes a bit more oomph
But itās like 5 second of pinching for standard x series
30-45 seconds of slightly worse pinching for flex needle
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With help from @mrln Iāve found a potential solution. We shall see.
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(imo) lidocaine is unnecessary
pain and sensations are always present
Too much can impact certain actions however i would say that %80 of pain and hesitation is mental
(writing this 10 min after doing xg3 by myself with just hair tie and some salt water in ice)
conquer your mind, if you want something youāll find a way
msg if you want vid
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I liked that you walked the talk 
if youāre happy to share, iām sure a number of people would appreciate it shared here
good luck with the healing
Do I see that right, that you touched the needle with ur dirty hands, before installing it, dropping it on that non sterile toilet paper, before use (without cap?!) And opening the antiseptic wipe with ur teeth and then not even using it to clean the injection site?
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For me the most painful part is when it is about 8-10mm in and needs to go further ā¦ Doing it one handed makes it difficult to manage the ātentā and massage it as the needs goes in, so maybe itās better if someone does it for you 
If anyone else reading this is worried, I managed the NExT injection just fine. The only pain for me was when the needle broke the skin. Didnāt hurt any beyond that and didnāt feel anything during the healing process. Was a wonderful experience that Iām hoping the xMagic in my other hand will mirror 
My only worry is getting the titan installed since thatās more involved.
editing to add: I had someone else do the install so I didnāt have to worry about the hesitation involved with sticking something into your own skin (as someone who passes out at the sight of bloodwork)
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@amal do you also need someone to help with the gel one? Iām QLD based 
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Nope got it sorted thanks to @mrln ā¦ better stuff actually 
testing nowā¦ thanks though!
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Got any update? How is it healing?
