Oops, I didn't realise yours was already infected. I'm not sure what 'packing' is but when I had the wound cleaned they would scrape out any infection and then use what I think they said was some kind of acid to wash the wound.
Maybe where you live they give an anesthetic when they clean the wound. I'm English but I was living in rural Germany at the time and am not sure if the experience might have been better in another country.
As for the procedure, like I said it was completely painless for me and luckily on my back so I couldn't see what they were doing
