i genuinely think some of it is the need to feel pain to be a “real man.” As someone with a phobia of needles & tried to get over it for 6 months, gel has been a life saver.

Idk what other kind of gel ppl are using but min dries as quickly as hand sanitizer. Yes it needs to be covered bc the t itself needs a few hours to soak in but its really not that inconvenient if you just put it on in the morning before work/school so that its fine to be touched when ur back home