New small sub cut needles..

[pinkpaddleboarder]

I've recently bought the small needles after advice on this platform to change from IM to Subcutaneous and advised not to pinch skin. However yesterday my daughter was discharged from hospital following surgery and the nurse demonstrated giving blood thinning injections with longer needle pinching the skin around on the stomach.. this has confused me.I know this is not a B12 injection, but my brain is a bit overwhelmed at the moment.

[wedgewood]

You do not need to pinch the skin if you use a 6mm needle . Also it should be injected at 90 degrees . You will certainly inject into the fatty layer with such a needle .

Longer needles necessitate pinching the skin and maybe injecting at 45 degrees if the fatty layer is sparse . The aim is to get the injection into the fatty layer , not beyond it .

[WIZARD6787 in reply to wedgewood]

I massage the area a bit before and after each injection. I pinch the skin as with my body fat I would risk going into the muscle which I think would be fine. I feel consistency in administrating is important to me hence my methodology.

Following this methodology which is my own and not following the instructions written for those who give injections in a clinical setting which requires a one way for all out of necessity.

With my methodology I do not experience any soreness at all and no noticeable build up of fluid under the skin and in the fat.

I also alternate between my stomach area and leg. I am not anal about it rather just switch it about.

[Mozza127 in reply to wedgewood]

I inject into my arm with small needle is this the most productive area

[B12phd]

I give my B12 shots with a very short insulin syringe and needle. Deep in the muscle was the old way to do it. Just do what ever they taught you to do.

[pinkpaddleboarder in reply to B12phd]

So IM is not required? My GP dies it this way too. What needles do you use for sub cut