Injecting in the Hands

Tips for Taking Care

REMEMBER; Black Poppy DOES NOT advocate the hands or fingers as a reasonable place for injecting but we recognise it is the most common site for people to use after the forearm. ROTATION of sites is the key to longer lasting veins, so try not to overdo one place, just because it might be the quickest point of access for a while... ROTATE, ROTATE, ROTATE!!

 

OK, so there are many who've been shooting up in the hands, fingers and wrist for quite a while - after all, it is the place many of us go when our arms have finally given up. While all the literature tells us ''just say no' - the reality is that many injectors said yes to using their hands long ago. If you do shoot here, remember the important issues.

Your hands are full of extremely shallow and delicate veins and arteries that are inside every finger and thumb as well as the hand and wrist and a massive collection of nerves that could cause severe problems for you if damaged.

Scarring on the hand area appears to be more likely for women than men but injecting here is still a very risky and often painful business yet one that is almost as common as a using site as the forearm.

Never leave rings or slim fitting brace lets/bangles onwhile injecting in this area. If a ring is left on and you accidentally hit an artery your hand will swell up rapidly and you may be unable to get your jewelry off in time. Your ring or bracelet can stop all blood flow causing tissues to 'die' - what we know as gangrene. Just missing your gear will cause your hand/finger etc to swell, and a ring or bangle that obstructs blood flow can still cause gangrene. So take your jewelry OFF if you must do your shooting in the hands. It only takes a minute and if you've ever seen how fast someone's hand can swell after hitting an artery, you'll understand why it's a lot safer to just take your rings off first.

Always use a spike that is dinner in diameter (gauge) than the vein you are using. In women and many men this often means sticking with a one ml insulin syringe for practically all hand veins.

Inject much more SLOWLY in the hand area and check out a venous chart to get to know your hands well from the inside.

The hands are the place where an enormous amount of germs congregate and this particularly goes for between the fingers. These small places are often missed when washing hands so be sure that you don't forget to give them a good clean before thinking about injecting in your hands or, more dangerously, the fingers.

Long term injecting in the hands leaves circulation to the hands hampered and you can suffer terribly from cold hands. Keep them warm, moisturised with a good hand cream and if you can, use a cream for healing scars. There is a really excellent one called Huirodoid which is specifically for injecting/thrombosis issues, healing from the inside first and we can honestly vouch for it working really effectively. Calendula is a terrific natural cream that also works well, for healing scars and inflammed sites.

Be sure not to use anything other than a one ml insulin syringe. Be gentle, go slowly, not over knuckles, don't go deep or you could hit an artery. There is one in every finger. There are also a lot of nerves too.

Not only this but the hand is one seriously obvious place to have your track marks shown off to the world.

 

REMEMBER; Black Poppy DOES NOT advocate the hands or fingers as a reasonable place for injecting but we recognise it is the most common site for people to use after the forearm. ROTATION of sites is the key to longer lasting veins, so try not to overdo one place, just because it might be the quickest point of access for a while... ROTATE, ROTATE, ROTATE!!

BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU INJECT HERE...IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR HANDS NERVES, OR THEY GET INFECTED BY A SERIOUS ABSCESS, OR GET INFECTED BY OTHER BACTERIUM, YOU COULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE AND DAMAGE YOUR HANDS FOREVER. gO SLOW, BE CAREFUL AND BE FUSSY ABOUT HYGIENE, NEEDLE SIZES, AND WHAT YOU INJECT.

 

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