Advice on needling

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Hi. Very new to this. Would appreciate guidance.

I bought some ‘orange’ injection syringes (25G). They were the smallest needle head that had 1ml capacity I could source. I did a test puncture (empty) in to some tummy fat. Discomfort was tolerable. Some minor bleeding. However in the days after I developed large amount of bruising around the surrounding area which was concerning. Whenever I get a flu jab as example, I don’t get such skin bruising. Was this a choice of injection site issue? Is my needle too big? Did I do something wrong?

Please and thank you in advance for help :slight_smile:

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Differing opinions out there. Test was made for intramuscular, not sub q and I prefer it that way. Pin your glutes or delts depending on volume or liquid.

For subQ yea likely. Try 27ga slin pins for sub Q. For IM 25ga 1” is fine.

You may have just hit a capillary or something that caused bleeding. It happens but is nothing to worry about. I assume you didn’t inject air or anything right!

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Most of my bad injections were subq. Since going IM, I’ve had very few jabs that welted, even at high capacity.

Couldn’t tell you why subq stings or reacts worse, it just does for some people.

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Be careful if you inject your quads. I put a needle into a nerve and I’ve had a numb spot for three months. It was so bad, I got checked for a blood clot. Glutes have been no issue. Haven’t tried my delt yet. One trick if you hate the needle is to cough at the same time you stick yourself. You won’t even feel it. I use a 27 ga 1 1/2in needle.

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I did my first proper needling with oil on Friday in to the quad. It went well, no infection or anything untoward. The expected quad injection area muscle soreness. Does the body tolerate it better over time with less muscle ache around injection site area? Just went for a brisk walk and was feeling it every step of the way. Little unpleasant.

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Quads are one of the most painful areas to pin. Glutes are much better.

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Thanks. You previously touched on different areas to pin based on liquid volume. Would you be able to provide more colour on that? Appreciate it.

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Quad hurt the most and the oil tends to migrate. You can pin them but I wouldn’t do a large volume. Glutes are your best low pain area for larger volumes … 1ml and up. Delts are good for low volumes and you can use smaller 25ga pins. If you’re micro dosing you can use skin pins 27ga and even subq or delts too.

Heres what I use:
Glutes: 23ga 1" or 1.5" (some will go 25ga but i can’t feel 23ga in glutes)
Quads: 25g 5/8"
Delts: 25ga 5/8" or 27ga Slin pins
Belly fat sub q: 27 or 29ga Slin pins (only for small amounts of oil)

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I do it in my quads and have never really had a problem, i wasn’t aware it was supposed to be 1 of the most painful sites.
I use to do it seated and experienced a little discomfort, then i started to do it sat on the floor with my legs extended in front of me so the muscle is completely relaxed and now i feel nothing more than a minor bruise

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