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If your really worried about the "packing pain", just ask them for some topical anesthesia when they do it. Most will have zero problem using a common liquid to numb a wound first.
Cleaning typically would involve just common IV grade water. They could use a small topical like iodine, betadine, or one of many standard wound cleaners. When it comes to any "acids" he is speaking of such stuff as ascorbic acid (dakins solution) and so forth. Typically just sterile water with a very minor amount of vinegar (dakins) or bleach (not as common any more. was a small amount per gallon). This type of stuff is used if you have necrotic tissue. Odds are you would not have any of that at all.
They pack it with gauze to prevent to much granulation at to great of a speed. Layman's terms is they do not want the flesh to grow back faster than the skin tissue does. Otherwise you could end up with a small mound of flesh above the wound line. Packing pretty much prevents that. Not as you think of the skin closing to soon.
If you rate an blood draw at a 5 out of 1-10 then you would rate packing at about a 2. Personally I think it is a 0 myself but well some people have issues with anything they can translate into pain.
I would just stop reading about others experiences and stop with the personal research. Your going to make it so much worse than it really is due to nerves.
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