Vulnerable Question-are we doing a band-aid at every injection site these days?

[Imcody2010]

Came across post. I wondered about bandaids at first.
After the first pin, I think removing the bandaid would hurt worse than the injection. lol. Just alcoholing before and after.

 

[spanky2026]

Came across post. I wondered about bandaids at first.
After the first pin, I think removing the bandaid would hurt worse than the injection. lol. Just alcoholing before and after.

I don't even alcohol it, before or after. It's such a teensy intrusion in the skin, I get worse wounds or cuts working around my yard all day. Ain't dead yet.

 

[fetefille]

They're only medically effective if they're Hello Kitty or Casper the Friendly Ghost bandaids. Science.

Uhh or Rainbow Brite

 

[laansasa]

They're only medically effective if they're Hello Kitty or Casper the Friendly Ghost bandaids. Science.

Hey! What about Snoopy ones? The beagle keeps me safe!😆

 

[HereKittyKitty]

Much as I would like to slap a Hello Kitty bandaid across my ass every morning, no one but my husband would see it. Swab, pin, swab, and go.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

They're only medically effective if they're Hello Kitty or Casper the Friendly Ghost bandaids. Science.

100% this is accurate.

 

[TazaTaza]

I usually don't see my inj site after pinning even when I do IM w/a 1 in 25G.

I wipe w/alc pad, pin, and keep it moving. I noticed if I use an alc pad after inj sometimes it would sting so I stopped doing that.

I also avoid top of the thigh no matter the technique, gauge size, angle, etc. its leave blood behind and hurt later on. I would probably only do a band-aid if my inj site was exposed (like ur delts) and I was going out right after

 

[Imcody2010]

I don't even alcohol it, before or after. It's such a teensy intrusion in the skin, I get worse wounds or cuts working around my yard all day. Ain't dead yet.

Lol. I feel that. Weed eating in shorts will tear me up, but I dont do jeans in this heat unless I know its going to be a heavy workload. I prefer the pin to that all day.

 

[Researcher.Rigby]

Just a tip for new people, let the spot you plan to pin dry completely if you wipe it alcohol or the odds of getting an ISR goes up significantly.

 

[UnknownUser888]

I swipe with alcohol before and after. Can’t imagine putting 18 bandaids on a week though

 

[Gr33dyOctopus]

Never once.

Also being the Catcher with gay sex. Never once.

Pitching however, well thats a different story! 🤩

 

[Whiynot20026]

Are you using a 10 gauge syringe. Than probably. Do you give yourself a lollipop too? That’s great. But I get it.

Bill

 

[BNLFL]

Also being the Catcher with gay sex. Never once.

Pitching however, well thats a different story! 🤩

I’m in Kansas, don’t ask. I’m way behind on posting.

 

[Enyola]

No band aids and no alcohol either on the skin. In trials with diabetics there was no advantage from using alcohol on the skin. They are the experts.
And I don't want to use anything that makes the skin even drier than it already is. Alcohol just for the vial.

 

[Lovedog100]

Are you talking literal band aids? I take 3-5 pins daily and never once used a band aid. I clean the area with alcohol, pin, another swipe with alcohol and done.

I do the same. Aren't bandaids used to stop bleeding? It would seem that people would ask what happened after seeing a couple of bandaids.

 

[dizzy]

Hi, at the risk of seeming like a bacteria-ridden infection waiting to happen, and since I recently became a full time pin cushion, I gotta know: are we doing a band-aids at every injection site these days? I'm like 3x sites daily at times and these band-aids hurt like a mofo when I tear them off. What's the best practice for the living voodoo doll? TY, Nerky

Use a pen with 32g/4mm needles and your reaction issues will probably go way down. I have never used a bandaid either, those tiny little needles do nearly 0 damage. Just practice sterile needle and alcohol swabs on the top of vials/carts to keep things bacteria free.

 

[bluewater]

Never once thought about needing a bandaid. Just clean with alcohol wipe, pin and move on. Only change to the procedure is swear at that spicy NAD+ injection.

 

[Rickcee]

Never used a band aid

 

[SeaGypsy]

I do the same. Aren't bandaids used to stop bleeding? It would seem that people would ask what happened after seeing a couple of bandaids.

I would think that if you are bleeding, enough to even think of getting a bandaid you are doing it way wrong 🤷‍♀️

 

[Flash-BCR]

I don't even know if we have any.

Crap, it never ends...Now I have hoard band-aids too?...