I started TRT at the beginning of the year and have seen conflicting information on aspirating before injection and just thought I would share my last injection experience as it help me see that aspiration is probably worth doing. First off it was a weird injection from start to finish, I think I had a dull needle from the factory as the first poke didn't even penetrate my glute it just dimpled the skin, so I pulled back and gave it a little more punch the second time and it went in. I have thought that aspirating was a waste of time but usually give a quick light pull back on the plunger then inject, this time it immediately filled with blood. So I removed the needle and not sure if I should but squirted most of the blood out and went ahead and did a third poke moving down in the glute which burned like someone stuck a match to my ass but aspirated and no blood so went ahead and completed the injection. So I know injecting in the vein wouldn't kill me but I think taking 2 seconds to aspirate and avoid discomfort and wasted product is well worth it.
For those who have had similar experience do you just inject the blood/oil mixture right back in as I did or do you start fresh? I assume since its my blood not much risk.
For those who have had similar experience do you just inject the blood/oil mixture right back in as I did or do you start fresh? I assume since its my blood not much risk.