#injection-technique 2025-09-15

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Highlights from this day

wrong_network — bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, thats just me 16:14
protein_floor — the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small, from memory 16:17
septum_sal — nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do 17:40
vacuum_vic — pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising 17:43

bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, thats just me

the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small, from memory

i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror

technique probably

nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do

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pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising

let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"

try the thigh

is bruising more about the needle or the aftercare

does the injection site matter for how quickly it hits

welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it

pinch

not a problem