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Getting my first fill today. Does it hurt?

The needle is my friend...the needle is my friend...the needle is my friend...

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sometimes it does... depends on how your dr. does it. My main dr. does not hurt, but the new dr. did...

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Depends on the doctor. My main doctor places a round pillow behind my back and i never had any problems. Now the other doctor in the office makes you do a crunch.... and he does hurt.

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its just a pinch...if you got the lapband, then this is cake (so to speak lol)

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Getting stuck with the needle hurts like when they stick you for a flu shot...but a flu shot hurts bad when they put in the stuff and with your fill you dont feel it at all. Some docs numb you up first with a shot of lidocaine but it hurts the same as the fill shot so my doc doesnt bother.

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Most of my fills have felt like a quick mosquito bite stick. Once I asked my surgeon, "So, how much fill are you going to put in?" and he laughed and said, "I'm finished! I just put in 1 cc."

I've had lidocaine shots before fills, and the lidocaine shot usually hurts more than the fill shot.

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