Originally Posted by TubeTitans_SusieQ

I just got a cyst drained myself...the shot numbs the skin but not when they cut you, it really is a small procedure and as long as they give you meds after wards it should help the pain..also depending on the packaging...i had a catheter.... a little tube with a balloon inserted....sometimes on other cysts they put in gauze, no of it hurts after they cut you.