I had a drain. It was painful for me. When it was pulled out, wow! That's a feeling I can't quite explain. But like the others have said, you breath in and on your breath out, they pull it. It's just a strange feeling with a little pain. If your worried about seeing it, they had mine safety pinned under the hospital gown so I didn't really see it. Maybe they could do that for you so it's not visible.