do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for, happy to be corrected
#injection-technique 2026-03-31
Tuesday40 messages9 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- sharps_bin_sid — is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure 18:22
- sharps_bin_sid — update on the earlier thing whats your sharps disposal setup, mine is a jar and i know thats wrong 18:35
- drawup_dee — sorry to jump in i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place 19:02
- sharps_bin_sid — welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it 20:24
- customs_owl — i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge, anyway 22:53
is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
📉14
pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising
thigh or abdomen, does absorption actually differ
90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not
[redacted at member request] · archive policy
update on the earlier thing whats your sharps disposal setup, mine is a jar and i know thats wrong
😂2🎉12👍1
fresh pin
i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction
quick one does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it
[edited]how far from the navel is actually far enough
31G in 8mm or 12.7mm for abdomen
sorry to jump in i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
🧪1🧊1❤️11
update on the earlier thing do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting
rotate
a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back
do you count to five before withdrawing
technique probably
🙏4👀1✅12
warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is
let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"
i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely
how do you avoid hitting the same spot twice when the marks fade
follow up i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror
90 degrees or 45
warm it first
sharps bin
31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back
do you aspirate, or is that only an intramuscular thing
a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it, not advice obviously
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
medutest-report-c-4402.pdf
3 pages · 849 KB · not retained in the public archive
drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
slightly off topic but update from 18 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
ok so never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
📉3🔥2
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes
Archive lookup: customs_owl first appears in this channel on 2026-02-05.
do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
anyone inject in the back of the arm on their own successfully
i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge, anyway
🧊8
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards