Thread: Hitting different sites with same needle

You should switch. two reasons 1. Safety. 2. Dull needle

Your better off switching needles bro there cheap, there's a concern for infection though not likely still possible, with a dull need little hard to penetrate the skin and scar tissue build up.

Trust me bro the needle will get duller with each pin and you will risk more of an infection.its best to practice a new needle with each shot.

practice safety.

Never reuse a needlle ever! It gets dull but also after you pin once and pull out the pin and blood and other fluids are exposed to bacteria in the air, re using it pushes all that stuff back into your body. I seriously threw up a bit thinking about this as i read it. Never re use, pins are cheap.

I figured being IM, it was a no no but I figured I'd ask, no worries. Thanks!

And the reason I thought it might be ok is because I hear about people aspiriting, pulling blood up but repinning all the time, and no one seems to knock them.

Ya they arent taking the pin out and re inserting it.

Everyone that asks questions like this should take a microbiology class and then come back and tell us what they learned.

Well hopefully somewhere in the future a noob will use the search function and learn from my mistake.

Change the needle.

But on the other hand when women get botox injections and they reuse the same needle for the whole procedure.

I'd use a new pin. The only time I've ever reused a pin was the one time I aspirated and drew blood, and honestly I still should have used a new pin.

I guess no one here has ever gone to the dentist or gotten stitches.

Originally Posted by sloppyj

everyone that asks questions like this should take a microbiology class and then come back and tell us what they learned.

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I load with one pin then change the pin for my shot.....its sharper & cleaner.
Most guys do the same.

Originally Posted by tommygunz

I guess no one here has ever gone to the dentist or gotten stitches.

Same thing as the aspiration -dare I say- myth O.O !!!

If not for the contamination, at least change for the pain of a dull needle.

its best to practice a new needle with each shot.