Is getting stitches painful

If it's premeditated it shouldn't be, when I had stitches after having a disfigurement removed they gave me a cream that made my skin unable to feel on the applied area temporarily. So they might give you that luxury too, though my disfigurement was small, I think they would do it for a large area or incision too. But if you come in unsolicited bleeding then you might not be afforded that liberty.