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**myhackingtosh_ws** · 02-15-2012, 06:28 PM

Are they teeny little 1/2" or shorter needles? Those go just into the fat under the skin, so are called subcutaneous. Longer 1.5" needs are thicker (so they don't break off) and they go into your muscle, so they need to go into densely muscled places like your butt or your thigh, and are called IM or intramuscular.

If you are doing SQ, you can do your tummy, your love handles, your thigh. Anyplace that you have a nice little pad of fat. They don't hurt at all, although I did find one little pencil eraser bruise on my tummy the other day.

02-15-2012, 06:28 PM	#5
myhackingtosh_ws Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Are they teeny little 1/2" or shorter needles? Those go just into the fat under the skin, so are called subcutaneous. Longer 1.5" needs are thicker (so they don't break off) and they go into your muscle, so they need to go into densely muscled places like your butt or your thigh, and are called IM or intramuscular. If you are doing SQ, you can do your tummy, your love handles, your thigh. Anyplace that you have a nice little pad of fat. They don't hurt at all, although I did find one little pencil eraser bruise on my tummy the other day.
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