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PunishedOni posted...

yeah im not sure what the preparation is for acupuncture, but its stressful getting everything ready for my injections and making sure im doing it all right.

what kind of areas do you put acupuncture needles in? I think i would be nervous about hitting a vein if i was doing all sorts of different spots. for my injections they're intramuscular and there's a big area on the thigh they can go in safely.

luckily I can use 22g needles (0.7mm diameter) for estradiol, since the dosage is small. which is apparently about 3x the diameter of acupuncture needles.

That is true. It is stressful inserting acupuncture needles into myself, too. There are also preparations, such as swabbing the insertion area with alcohol. Acupuncture needles can be inserted almost everywhere in the body if someone else is doing it for you. There are many points I don't do on myself, and they are mostly the ones in the back because I can't see or reach them. For my face, I stand in front of a mirror.

There are risks of hitting nerves, blood vessels, tendons, and organs. That is one reason we have to go to acupuncture school for 3-4 years and pass a board exam.

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