It's not the procedure itself that is sometimes painful, it's the recovery. When I had it done more than 20 years ago, I was fine with both, but the doctor pros

It's not the procedure itself that is sometimes painful, it's the recovery. When I had it done more than 20 years ago, I was fine with both, but the doctor proscribed me heavy duty painkillers in case the pain got bad. He said he didn't use to, but then he had a vasectomy himself.