Pain-free needle in development

may i ask what causes you to believe this? sorry, but your comments are more than a bit paranoid. why would they need to force something into a person that way when they could introduce it into the air or your food etc

Ha yeh I thought that, just didn't want to encourage a conversation tho!

It's not even the pain for me, it's just that feeling of a needle slithering through your skin. Creeps me out.

needle's do not hurt though

For me, it's getting an inexperienced nurse that has to dig for a vein. That only happened one time, and I tell them now, they better give me someone that knows what they are doing.

Do want.

I'm not sure I agree with that. Maybe not "instantly" yes, but the needle in the article looks like it has a needle attached to the end of it and then the larger gauge needle that then slides down behind it. I had a Biopsy done last week, with a surface anaesthetic followed by a deeper one along the path he would be using for the biopsy needle. He injected the two anaesthetics with a very short span between them, and the surface anaesthetic was already in full effect when he went in for the second one. I didn't feel a thing on the second one at all. However, thinking back... [More]

For me, it is similar to the jet injector; if anything the punch-in-the-arm feeling hurt more than the needle, but I prefer it to the sliding, finer, weird feeling of a needle.

I don't think it's worth funding a lot of money for further research. People should just deal with the needle. All it feels like, is a little prick, like someone pinching you VERY softly. And the after feeling of it, is kinda like being punched in the arm. But then again, for toddlers and little children they could make it. There's advantages for both points I've made.

Why not simply tell people to chill the hell down when going for a shot? It's only a psychological issue. Or go ahead with another shot. "Sir, in order to ease your pain for upcoming vaccination, we will need to inject this anesthetic directly into your skull. Don't worry, we only need to reach your pineal gland."