let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"
#injection-technique 2025-07-14
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- tenpence — sorry to jump in do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 04:44
- tenpence — if you are getting a lot of bruising, look at how fast you are pushing before you blame the needle 04:53
- surpass_two — ok so absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound, ask me again in a month 04:54
- sgp_subq — pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising 05:36
- lyophile_liv — follow up 90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not 05:53
update on the earlier thing i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do
is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first
sorry to jump in do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
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29G in 8mm or 12.7mm for abdomen
how do you avoid hitting the same spot twice when the marks fade
the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound
i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely
if you are getting a lot of bruising, look at how fast you are pushing before you blame the needle
[edited]wk1 L abdo upper wk5 L thigh outer
wk2 R abdo upper wk6 R thigh outer
wk3 L abdo lower wk7 L arm back
wk4 R abdo lower wk8 R arm back🧪18🧊4💀6
ok so absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound, ask me again in a month
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pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising
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quick one do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for, not advice obviously
follow up 90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not
wk1 L abdo upper wk5 L thigh outer
wk2 R abdo upper wk6 R thigh outer
wk3 L abdo lower wk7 L arm back
wk4 R abdo lower wk8 R arm backabdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month
warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is
update from 13 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
thats normal