When you get a HPV jab do you get your arm numbed?

A few health care providers use EMLA cream to numb the arm before vaccinations. Call your health care provider to find out if this treatment is available for you. This numbing cream can reduce the discomfort of the needlestick, but your arm may still be sore the next day. Most people just do the shot without the numbing. The shot hurts less than treatment of genitals warts or abnomal cells in the cervix or anus.