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Do acupuncture needles cause pain?
Acupuncture needles are very fine and are typically 25-50 times thinner than the hypodermic needles used by physicians. Acupuncture needles are also solid, not hollow like a physician's hypodermic needle. Therefore, they only push tissue aside during insertion. Hypodermic needles cut tissue (much in the same way a straw can cut through a potato) so that they can inject medicine or draw blood. For this reason, acupuncture needle insertion is practically painless. Often people are not even aware that the needles are in place. During their first acupuncture treatment, the vast majority of people respond with relief by saying, “Oh! That's it?” Once the needles are in place, some people experience a feeling of warmth, heaviness, pressure, tingling or a feeling of the qi moving through the channels. The needles in a typical acupuncture treatment will remain in place for fifteen to forty minutes depending on the ailment. Acupuncture tends to be very relaxing and many people fall asleep during treatments.
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