Subq Pain

Snakedoc74

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Only 4 doses in with my TRT journey. .5ml once/week using a 27g. Injecting in my stomach because it’s the only place I have enough fat (tried upper thigh and it was a disaster). Take a good 30 seconds or longer to get i all in, and notice both leakage and a significant burning and aching afterwards. Is the burning normal? It’s pretty damn unpleasant for about 5 mins, then like a bee sting after that. Any technique advice to help? Inject slower? Faster? Thanks.
 
Only 4 doses in with my TRT journey. .5ml once/week using a 27g. Injecting in my stomach because it’s the only place I have enough fat (tried upper thigh and it was a disaster). Take a good 30 seconds or longer to get i all in, and notice both leakage and a significant burning and aching afterwards. Is the burning normal? It’s pretty damn unpleasant for about 5 mins, then like a bee sting after that. Any technique advice to help? Inject slower? Faster? Thanks.
Switch to shallow IM. Sounds like you're trying to inject more volume than you can handle with subq.
 

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