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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

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Robson957

I get my done at the doctors and quite often get a big bruise from it.. Last one stayed for a week!!

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scorpiojo in reply toRobson957

this is quite pink.. I wiped it as i thought this might be some of the b12... I will update if it turns to s bruise but it doesn't look like it will.. I didn't have a mark from when GP nurse did it... Strange... 😊

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Lisahelen

Any chance its the hydroxo sitting under the skin? Or is it a definite bruise?

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scorpiojo in reply toLisahelen

That's what I thought it might be under... Does that mean it didn't go into a muscle? It was there when I first took it out and it didn't bleed at all, but appeared after... 😊 No bruise very pink the colour of the liquid...

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Hillwoman

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.

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scorpiojo in reply toHillwoman

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

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Hillwoman in reply toscorpiojo

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.

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fbirder in reply toHillwoman

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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Hillwoman in reply tofbirder

Interesting, thanks.

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scorpiojo in reply tofbirder

Thank those little fat pockets and cellulite! Life is good 😊 x

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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.

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scorpiojo in reply toclivealive

it's still on there lol... I wasn't overly worried more curious... Thanks Clive x

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ndodge

Hi Scorpiojo,

Just a quick question. Did you feel any benefit from the injection?

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Hels13

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

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scorpiojo in reply toHels13

Yes, I don't pull it out too fast myself... Oh well, it's nearly gone so nothing bad happened lol... X

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Retren in reply toHels13

You probably did not inject deep enough so it did not absorb at the usual rate.Also make sure to massage the site adequately.

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scorpiojo in reply toRetren

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

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Schenks in reply toRetren

Ew, ew!

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Schenks in reply toHels13

Ew.

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