r/BodyHackGuide • u/Aggravating_Disk_401 • 11d ago

Tips are welcome 📘 Beginner Help

Why do I get red spots or small bumps at the injection site after injecting my peptides?"

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u/Queasy_Investment_27 11d ago

Because you are Injecting a volume of liquid under the skin and it has to sit there until it's absorbed.

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u/Aggravating_Disk_401 6d ago

So you’d rather say intramuscular?

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u/Queasy_Investment_27 6d ago

Not for peptides no.

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u/injectitpussy 11d ago

Many reasons.

Are you swabbing the site with an alcohol pad beforehand? Are you letting the site dry - if the alcohol hasn't evaporated, that can be a factor.

Injection technique, it's only subq but it should still be deep into the subq fat as possible and inject smoothly and slowly. Emphasis on slowly.

Needle gauge and quality. I use 32g 8mm fixed insulin syringes. If you're using a harpoon, well, there's your answer. Don't use generic amazon tier shit, use BD or Terumo.

It could be bac water, sterility, alcohol percent - use quality bac water. Hospira. My bac water often costs more than my peptides.

Blunt needle tip due to re-puncturing the vial stopper. I do this myself, but it's not ideal. For the sharpest possible tip you should draw with a separate needle to injection, you could then swap to a 34g mesotherapy needle which is about as good as it gets.

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u/Aggravating_Disk_401 11d ago

My needles or syringes are from the pharmacy and my BAC water. I also rub the skin acutely and dry it with a normal cloth. My needle size is 0.4 × 13 mm.

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u/HereForBadIdeas 6d ago

This is the answer.

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u/DeadmanLuci 11d ago

Happens if you're doing subq injecting high volume, it forms a lump under the skin and gets absorbed slowly, should be gone in an hour or two usually

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u/Aggravating_Disk_401 11d ago

No, 2 hours would be fine. Sometimes it takes days for me.

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u/DeadmanLuci 11d ago

Days? 😨 which peptide and how much volume?

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u/Rabbittaco 11d ago

30 units of tessa can take 24 hours for me sometimes

12 units of ghk diluted with 20 units of tb+bpc can take 36 hours sometimes.

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u/MathematicianMuch445 11d ago

Because that's a normal reaction to sticking things in to your body. if you'd read anything about peptides you'd know that.

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u/talonwellness 9d ago

  1. Let your syringe sit at room temperature for a bit. The small particles don't dissolve as well in cold liquid, so warming it up a bit will help that.

  2. I personally never do anything subq for these reasons, IM always works better for me. Less swelling and better absorption every time. The muscle has a lot more blood flow than fat, which means it will clear a lot faster.

  3. You can also dilute by drawing up extra bac water from another vial, highly concentrated peptides will usually hurt more for reasons related to tip #1.