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Sun-10-11-2019, 02:22 AM
I hope you have good results 
Technically not all stomachs are fatty (I mean some people have them rippled abs that might be difficult to inject around) But most of us don't have that problem
But I think the idea is that you are less likely to hit a muscle or vein in the areas suggested for injection as they are the more fatty areas of our bodies. Someone with more knowledge than me may have a better response.
As to the pinching of the skin. I had one injection pen (Cosentyx) where I was told to pinch the skin and one (Taltz) where I was told it wasn't necessary. I'm not sure why and hadn't really thought about it till reading your post. So I did a search and all I could find was varied information. Most say pinching is to help the medicine get where it needs to go, and if it's a really thin person to pinch so as not to hit a bone or some such. But none of those were taking about pen injections. I think I would go with what the doctor or instructions say to do unless there is a problem, then I'd ask a medical person about it.
Technically not all stomachs are fatty (I mean some people have them rippled abs that might be difficult to inject around) But most of us don't have that problem
But I think the idea is that you are less likely to hit a muscle or vein in the areas suggested for injection as they are the more fatty areas of our bodies. Someone with more knowledge than me may have a better response.
As to the pinching of the skin. I had one injection pen (Cosentyx) where I was told to pinch the skin and one (Taltz) where I was told it wasn't necessary. I'm not sure why and hadn't really thought about it till reading your post. So I did a search and all I could find was varied information. Most say pinching is to help the medicine get where it needs to go, and if it's a really thin person to pinch so as not to hit a bone or some such. But none of those were taking about pen injections. I think I would go with what the doctor or instructions say to do unless there is a problem, then I'd ask a medical person about it.