Pain this bad with the needles curving over there makes me think the area is inflamed, not a size problem.
Lately I have been struggling to pin myself and I am unsure if it is the needles or my skin. I recently switched to 30 g half-inch needles from my usual 31 g and for the last few days I have not been able to get one into my glutes. I have already bent two needles trying and I cannot tell if it is the needle or my skin because I have been pinning tesa daily in the glutes. The skin might have hardened from that. It hurts badly when I try now, which never happened with the 31 g, yet it still goes in fine in my stomach. Any ideas?