Using Pens - is this normal?

[jackiee]

I like the 6mm length, too.

[Mydogdaryl423]

Also switched from 4mm to 6mm. No issues now.

[montemontemayor]

@Stevepep said:

@montemontemayor Are you pinching the skin? My guess is it's getting caught between skin layers. When that happens, you get a little bump, but it dissipates pretty quickly.

I am pinching Except when I am doing Wolverine I just inject it directly into my shoulder and don't have any of these bumps

[montemontemayor]

@derekg1 said:

@montemontemayor said:

@derekg1 said:

Yep, short needles and anything over 15 units will leave bumps on my poor rat subject. Longer 1/2" needles rarely leave a bump on him.

Being so new, I dont know any better but I thought 1/2" would become IM and not SubQ. Is the trick just to angle that baby in?

The angle and the pinch. I'll usually pull up a bit of my rats skin between my thumb and finger then inject in there. Like this:

Thank you, this is great!

[montemontemayor]

@jackiee said:

I like the 6mm length, too.

I think I may do this for my next batch of needles. Thanks!

[HockeyRat]

Definitely try a longer needle tip, inject slower let your peps warm up a bit if they’re fresh out the fridge.

[Randy]

@montemontemayor "normal stuff"

MOTS-c and SS-31 are notorious for ISR. MOTS more so sending rats to the hospital but thats a different discussion.

[montemontemayor]

@Randy said:

@montemontemayor "normal stuff"

MOTS-c and SS-31 are notorious for ISR. MOTS more so sending rats to the hospital but thats a different discussion.

Yikes - thankfully Ive never had an issue that would send me to the hospital. That would scare the bleep outta me TBH.

[Stevepep]

@Randy What's the problem with a bunch of welts between friends?

[coondogesq]

@HockeyRat While I haven't had any ISR with either MOTS-c or SS-31, switching to a longer needle (8mm vs 5mm) made a world of difference with NAD+ and Glutathione.