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Permalink Reply by Scott Strumello on June 29, 2007 at 7:27pm

I inject through my clothing all the time ... in fact, most injections are through my shirt and I've never had problems with it. One thing you might need to consider, however, is making sure you use the right pen needle size. The short ones generally won't work!

Permalink Reply by Leslie Dare on July 7, 2007 at 4:34am

Excellent point about short needles!

Permalink Reply by Chaplain ET on July 28, 2011 at 8:00am

Now THAT'S punny! Excellent POINT about short needles. Did you really mean that to come out as a pun?
Chaplain ET

Permalink Reply by Khürt Williams on July 7, 2007 at 12:14pm

I inject through my clothing all the time. At work my workspace is open; no privacy. So nowhere to fix my clothes if I remove them for a shot.

I reduce the bleeding by keeping the needle in for about 30 seconds and then I remove it quickly. I use 31G or 33G needles.

I wear mostly Land's End dress shirts and polos with an undershirt and inject through that.

Permalink Reply by Lisa on November 20, 2010 at 2:54am

This is what I do too. I inject right as the food arrives for my meals and want to be discreet. I have fat above my belt line and I inject my meal novolog (50 units) through my clothes and then wait a couple of seconds and remove quickly. I'm more likely to get bleeders from my Lantus that I use an autoject with (makes it sting less and gets it slightly deeper in the fat. The worst one I take is the Copaxone for my MS it is like a bee sting and requires benedryl and ice (it is also just subQ). So I'm injecting 5 times per/day (can you feel the cheer).

Permalink Reply by Gabe on July 8, 2007 at 6:20am

I constantly inject if I'm in public and wearing thinner clothing (usually a cotton t-shirt). Just gotta do some good guesswork regarding the injection site...

Permalink Reply by Chloe on July 9, 2007 at 7:07am

I'm afraid I'll break the needle, even through a thin cloth.

Permalink Reply by Leslie Dare on July 9, 2007 at 11:50am

I've never had a needle break. I've had one bend while trying to put on the little cap, but never break. I'm thinking that would be extremely unlikely.

Permalink Reply by Anthony Davis on July 9, 2007 at 7:40pm

I've heard that people give themselves shots through their clothing all of the time. I've never done it. To me it just doesn't seem like it would be to sanitary but that's just me.

Permalink Reply by M on July 28, 2007 at 10:05pm

Almost every jab I do goes through clothing. I mostly jab in my thigh straight through my trousers, and occasionally though my top / singlet or whatever - but never through more than one layer.

No problems with it, other than the odd blood spot on my clothes.

No needle breakages, nor even a bend - and sometimes I inject through thick jeans, so I guess they can handle a lot!

Just make sure you're aware if you have bruises, stretch marks, etc that you want to avoid. OUCHIES!

Permalink Reply by Nancy Gorman on November 13, 2008 at 9:52am

I have to agree that it doesn't seem too sanitary to shoot through your clothing. I am thinking of the guy who was fishing. Who knows what kind of fishy business may have been on his clothes and that needle picked up whatever was on his pants and went into his body.But then, perhaps the cloth cleaned the needle off one last time? Just a thought.

Permalink Reply by Lisa on November 20, 2010 at 3:00am

The only injection infection I have ever gotten was from a perfectly clean open skin injection of Copaxone. I think the injector was dirty or the ice pack had bacteria on it???

The symptoms were a purple bruise that had a red streak in it that got larger not smaller, then the area got a fever (not me). I went straight in to the doc and they put me on Keflex -- This just happened 8-12 weeks ago.

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