Yea so it’s inject lidocaine there, let it take effect for a few mins, then the electrolysis begins. I don’t know what the charge is now, but at the time, the electrolysis was $125/hr (on the high end of hourly treatments, but it’s also Beverly Hills lol) and the numbing injections was an additional $50/hr. They did a great job on my chest and abdomen. There’s a few stragglers here and there but they’re so sparse that it wouldn’t be remotely worth lidocaine injections. It certainly put a dent in my wallet, but the results were worth the cost for me for my self-confidence in addition to having minimal pain. They also managed to have 2 people work on me at once, although to have that and numbing injections required quite a bit of advanced notice. With COVID idk if they still do that option. Personally, I might try the lidocaine cream and see if you can tolerate whatever area you’re getting done. If it’s intolerable, then reconsider going somewhere with injections