if you are getting a lot of bruising, look at how fast you are pushing before you blame the needle
#injection-technique 2026-03-25
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Highlights from this day
- same_chromato — warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is 19:12
- salt_bridge — does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it 20:01
- night_pin — i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do 20:47
- oasis_ola — push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards 20:54
warm it first
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technique probably
dont recap
how slowly should you actually push
warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is
i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely
do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
try the thigh
does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it
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quick one never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
let it dry
i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction
nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
31G 8mm
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards
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a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call, take that with a pinch of salt