This was an inch long... Didn't hurt doing the injection but this is the mark it left.. I'm never sure I get the muscle as I have chubby thighs :0... This is pink not bruised yet... Is this normal and what am I doing wrong... Xx
Injection mark...: This was an inch... - Pernicious Anaemi...
Injection mark...
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I get my done at the doctors and quite often get a big bruise from it.. Last one stayed for a week!!
Any chance its the hydroxo sitting under the skin? Or is it a definite bruise?
I inject subcut and nearly always end up with a pink mark like this under the skin. It takes a day or two to disperse.
Do you think I never got any in the muscle? Or does this mean I released some as I came out? Does it last as long if you don't get the muscle? Xx
I've never self-injected into the muscle, but I suppose it's possible that some leaked into the subcutaneous area. I've read that absorption is better from the muscle, but I don't know if that's actually the case for everyone.
My guess (and that's all it is) is that absorption from the muscle should be more rapid because muscle tissue is more highly perfused with blood. So the B12 doesn't have very far to go to get into the bloodstream.
Fat, on the other hand, has very few blood vessels, so it will have to travel further. Also, because B12 is water soluble it's not going to travel through fat cells very fast.
But that could be a good thing. If your B12 levels zoom up quickly then they may well get up to the level where B12 is eliminated by the kidney. Slow absorption from fat will mean the peak blood concentration will be lower, so more of it my stay in the body.
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It's probably just a drop of B12 that's leached back under the skin.
After over 600 injections I've had the occasional "blood mark" on my shirt sleeve at the injection site which my wife tells me isn't blood but the smallest drop of B12. It probably squeezes itself out following the exit path of the needle but, in your case above, it couldn't "escape" the skin so just "lay there".
Unless your leg drops off in the next couple of days I wouldn't worry about it scorpiojo and in future you might try gently rubbing around the injection site.
I hope it clears up soon.
I can feel when I go through into the muscle, you should feel a slight resistance as you do. I also leave the needle in for 10 seconds after, this is suppose to ensure the B12 stays in the muscle and doesn't leak out x
Yes, I don't pull it out too fast myself... Oh well, it's nearly gone so nothing bad happened lol... X
You probably did not inject deep enough so it did not absorb at the usual rate.Also make sure to massage the site adequately.
I don't normally touch it after? I hadn't realised you needed too...The mark has gone so alls well that ends well 😊 x