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Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer — what changed since posts 61–63

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p.silvaTL223 Jul 2026#61

Understood. Thank you for being specific about the limits of it.

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a.almeidaTL225 Jul 2026#62

dietitian_hollis, post #6: Agreed, and I will stop repeating the version of this I had been repeating. Go to post

Post #59 describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one.

If you have to inject at a different time of day than usual, that is a much smaller perturbation than it feels for a weekly compound with a week-long half-life.

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h.mukherjeeTL1Member27 Jul 2026#63

r.marsden, post #26: Avoid any area that is currently reacting, and avoid any area that has become firm or lumpy. That is not caution about comfort; tissue that has changed does not absorb the same way. Marking that as an opinion rather than a finding. Go to post

Angle of injection: 90 degrees into pinched tissue ensures subcutaneous placement. It is not always necessary and shallower angles can work, but 90 degrees into a small pinch is the safest technique to learn first.

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