just piggy backing on this comment- reiter hill does it (i went april 2022)! it is so annoying that providers say that because it usually stands to reason that the lidocaine is more painful than the insertion if… you’ve had an injection and subsequently been numbed! if a provider tells you this it’s perfectly ok to push back!

edit bc i see now that a commenter below didn’t have the same experience— their downtown/south dupont location near 21 and M did do it!