Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Today something VERY interesting happened during a routine injection for testosterone replacement therapy. When I aspirated during my quad injection, I drew up what appears to be fat, or cellulite. This is not what you'd normally expect to see. You'd normally expect to see air bubbles (good), or blood (not good, and redo injection).
In essence, I appear to have given myself a mini liposuction.
I was doing a standard Quad injection with a 25G 1 inch needle. This needle length has never been an issue in the past, but today it seems like I inserted the needle into fat, not muscle. Naturally, I did not continue with the injection and kept the syringe aside for research purposes. I simply prepared another syringe and injected without issue into the other quad.
Perhaps I was slightly off the appropriate injection site this time, which is highly unusual. But there's always a first time for everything.
My guess is that I avoided a really painful lump and discomfort, which a lot of guys have reported experiencing during quad injections.
So I kept the evidence aside to share with you, just in case someone else out there encounters something similar in future.
Typically, it's not necessary to aspirate for most intra-muscular injections. I do, just in case. And this is why. Even though this has happened for the first time in over at least 1000 injections, I imagine I would have had some pain and discomfort even I continued with the injection, or did NOT aspirate.
Today something VERY interesting happened during a routine injection for testosterone replacement therapy. When I aspirated during my quad injection, I drew up what appears to be fat, or cellulite. This is not what you'd normally expect to see. You'd normally expect to see air bubbles (good), or blood (not good, and redo injection).
In essence, I appear to have given myself a mini liposuction.
I was doing a standard Quad injection with a 25G 1 inch needle. This needle length has never been an issue in the past, but today it seems like I inserted the needle into fat, not muscle. Naturally, I did not continue with the injection and kept the syringe aside for research purposes. I simply prepared another syringe and injected without issue into the other quad.
Perhaps I was slightly off the appropriate injection site this time, which is highly unusual. But there's always a first time for everything.
My guess is that I avoided a really painful lump and discomfort, which a lot of guys have reported experiencing during quad injections.
So I kept the evidence aside to share with you, just in case someone else out there encounters something similar in future.
Typically, it's not necessary to aspirate for most intra-muscular injections. I do, just in case. And this is why. Even though this has happened for the first time in over at least 1000 injections, I imagine I would have had some pain and discomfort even I continued with the injection, or did NOT aspirate.
