Pinch or no pinch, and how needle length changes the answer Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did.
A question about pinch that I think has a definite answer, unlike most of what I ask here.
I have the reasoning below and I am fairly confident about the direction. I am not confident about the size, and the size is what the decision turns on.
Building on post #8 rather than restating it.
Injecting into an area that has become firm: lipohypertrophy — thickened fatty tissue from repeated injection in one area — changes local tissue absorption. Avoid injecting into areas that are noticeably firm or lumpy and allow those areas to recover for at least a few months.
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.
Not disagreeing with anyone above, just adding the bit I keep having to look up.
Pinching a fold is useful for lean tissue and unnecessary elsewhere. The point is to keep the needle out of muscle, and whether you need to depends on the site and on you.
A note on how pinch gets discussed rather than on pinch itself: the confident posts get the replies and the careful ones get ignored, and the careful ones have been right more often.
Confirming post #103 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.
Pinch or no pinch: the decision depends on needle length and on your own anatomy. A longer needle (8 mm and up) reaches subcutaneous tissue easily without a pinch. A shorter needle (4-6 mm) is safer with a gentle pinch. The pinch size matters less than people think; the injection angle matters more.
That is the honest state of it as of this week.
Confirming post #114 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.
I changed my mind about pinch after someone here asked me for the source and I could not produce one. That is worth saying out loud because it is the ordinary way it happens.
Injection discomfort: comes from needle gauge (finer = less discomfort), volume (smaller = less discomfort), temperature (room temperature or warmed is less uncomfortable than cold), and technique (smooth, purposeful injection is less uncomfortable than hesitant). All four are under your control.
Reading it back, the second half matters more than the first.
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