Hard red lump at injection site

Mike9876 · Jun 4, 2018

I have a hard red lump which I assume has been caused by an injection. I have been injecting Test Cyp and HCG, both sub q for 3 weeks. Does anyone know what this might be?

HealthMan · Jun 5, 2018

It happens very often to people that inject testosterone cypionate subq. I had to stop injecting testosterone subq for that same reason. Just a bad skin reaction to the oil (in my case took a couple of weeks to clear). Try to go shallow IM or inject subq in a more vascular area like thighs.

Vince Carter · Jun 5, 2018

If there's no sign of an infection or an abcess it'll go away on it's own. Most of us from time-to-time get an infrequent site reaction that is merely a nuisance.

FeelingLost · Jun 5, 2018

Mike give this a try.
Lift the skin off your muscle then slowly change the needles angle as you inject. I go in at 30-45degrees and by the time I'm done the needle is more or less 90 degrees. This spreads the liquid more. Since I've been doing this I have never had a lump or sore spot. I inject .30HCG and .20Tcyp at the same time M/W/F

Mike9876 · Jun 5, 2018

Thanks for the suggestions. Feelinglost, I actually do the injections at my tummy, over near my love handles, not so much on a muscle.

FeelingLost · Jun 5, 2018

Mike9876 said:
Thanks for the suggestions. Feelinglost, I actually do the injections at my tummy, over near my love handles, not so much on a muscle.

Same here. I just lift the skin so I don't scrape the needle across the muscle while I am sweeping(slowly changing the needles angle) and injecting.

These are my injection sites.

Mike9876 · Jun 26, 2018

I still seem to be getting a hard red lump every time. feelinglost, using your technique, wouldn't there be a risk of breaking the needle?

Vince · Jun 26, 2018

I tried Sub-Q and never liked it, I now inject with an Easy Touch 29g 1/2" syringe for a nice shallow IM. It works great for me.

Hoosier52 · Jun 26, 2018

Dr. Saya told me to press my thumb hard on the injection site and rub it for 1 minute. This helped a lot. I also switched to grape seed oil as I think I was allergic to the cottonseed oil. Rarely have a red, painful bump anymore.

Vince · Jun 26, 2018

Hoosier52 said:
Dr. Saya told me to press my thumb hard on the injection site and rub it for 1 minute. This helped a lot. I also switched to grape seed oil as I think I was allergic to the cottonseed oil. Rarely have a red, painful bump anymore.

I also use grapeseed oil, personally I wouldn't even consider using cottonseed oil. If I couldn't get grapeseed oil I would use sesame seed oil.

FeelingLost · Jun 26, 2018

Mike9876 said:
I still seem to be getting a hard red lump every time. feelinglost, using your technique, wouldn't there be a risk of breaking the needle?

No when you lift the skin up off the muscle there is basicly a void, that is where you are injecting, and moving the needle from say the 10 to 3 o'clock position there is no resistance or anything the needle can get stuck on. If that is not working for you I'd ask for a different oil you should not be getting red sore lumps.

Mike9876 · Jun 28, 2018

Vince, with that size syringe, do you need to aspirate?

Vince · Jun 28, 2018

Mike9876 said:
Vince, with that size syringe, do you need to aspirate?

I use an easy touch 29 gauge half inch syringe for both testosterone and HCG. I've never aspirated. A 29 gauge will be too small for cottonseed oil but it works great for grape seed and sesame seed oil.

Mike9876 · Jun 30, 2018

Hi guys. I've decided I'm going to try shallow IM injections as I am getting a hard red lump every single time I inject subq. I've tried the various subq techniques that people have recommended however I'm still getting a lump. Can anyone recommend a good video showing shallow IM technique. I did a search on youtube however it's hard to know which ones I can trust to show me the best technique.

MarkM · Jun 30, 2018

Hi Mike, I started off with shallow IM injections but decided to go to subq and ended up with the same problem as you. I started getting the hard red lump at the injection site so I just went back to shallow IM. I prefer the shallow IM anyway. I inject using a 28 gauge 1/2" needle and rotate between the vastus lateralis (outer thigh), ventrogluteal (VG), and the deltoid. This gives me 6 different intramuscular locations to rotate. I do inject HCG subQ but do not get the red lump from it. I think it was the cottonseed oil that I had a reaction to in the Cypionae. The VG location is my favorite spot. As far as video's are concerned, I have seen many of them on YouTube and they are all fairly straightforward. I think Nelson has one that he injections Cypionate and HCG in the same syringe and I believe he uses the deltoid muscle. Have you decided which muscle you are going to use for your IM injections?

Check out this link: https://www.excelmale.com/forum/sho...Method-of-Deltoid-Injection-or-Under-The-Skin