When using pens - Does anyone else have a drip or two after waiting 10 secs?

Pens are not my preference because they can still have pressure behind the dose that your tissue is holding back. They work better straight in rather than angled. The fine needles can also bend easily and block inside. I stick with regular syringes where I can watch the plunger move and know exactly what is going in. I draw up a full milliliter, use it until empty, and swap the needle if needed, keeping different compounds separate.

I hardly ever see anything after the needle comes out, though I do sometimes get a drop when I first attach a fresh tip. Three drops after one shot feels like quite a bit. Have you checked whether your pens are actually delivering the correct units each time?

I get the same single drop after every shot with my automatic pen. It does not bother me much.

I follow the same steps but start with a skin pinch that I release during the count. My pens are a different version. I still get a small drop on the needle tip afterward, but it stays there and does not fall or multiply. Maybe the pinch and release changes something. With my coordination I worry I will eventually stick my own thumb doing that.

Did you vent the cartridge when filling it? Without venting, pressure can build up inside a three-milliliter cartridge and push the plunger or even crack the holder. Venting lets the air escape so the pen works properly and doses stay accurate.

All my manual pens leave a drop stuck to the needle after withdrawal. The automatic version shows the drop only about half the time.

This thread is a relief. I thought something was wrong with me because my manual and automatic pens always end with a tiny drop and it bothers my need for order. I vent my cartridges too.

I see the same thing with both the automatic and the other pens. Pens are simpler for travel and for shots I do more often, while the weekly ones I still do with a regular syringe. Whatever is easiest and works for the situation.

My growth-hormone pen does this about half the time and it is annoying. Glad to see others noticing it too.

I split recent shots between 45 and 90 degrees and added fifteen extra seconds of hold time. No more drips at either angle. For short needles and anyone over roughly ten percent body fat, straight in is usually fine and avoids muscle. I only used the angle because of eyesight and low body-fat spots.

I notice the drop more with the finer thirty-two-gauge needles, especially when the dose is over twenty units. The smaller needle empties slower and can create more back pressure, so for bigger doses I switch to a thirty-one-gauge or even thirty-gauge.

I tried forty units through a thirty-one-gauge five-millimeter needle and held it for twenty seconds. No drip afterward. The finer needle plus injection resistance can slow delivery, so a longer hold helps. Straight in is the normal angle, though an angle works if someone is very lean. The body can handle up to one and a half milliliters under the skin, though that is not usually recommended.

I use a thirty-one-gauge eight-millimeter needle and it almost never happens. Only once in about fifty shots, usually if I pull out too soon or the dose is large, and then it is just one or two drops.