Do you need to see blood?

[rahod1]

NO! Usually I get a droplet of blood on the surface of the skin...and needle. Tonight I got NOTHING! Not a spec of blood anywhere! At first I thought I had missed, but lo and behold a rock hard dick in 10 min. Go figure . This pretty much puts to rest the notion that you need to see blood somewhere. Btw, I never aspirate to draw blood back into the needle.

[NeedleD]

USUALLY if I don't see blood I missed and get 1/2 erection. I've found that my tunica is one tough cookie and some needles have a hard time penetrating it sorta "deflect" off it. The best needles I've found are BD Ultra sharp, they pierce it every time.

[Larry10625]

NO! Usually I get a droplet of blood on the surface of the skin...and needle. Tonight I got NOTHING! Not a spec of blood anywhere! At first I thought I had missed, but low and behold a rock hard dick in 10 min. Go figure . This pretty much puts to rest the notion that you need to see blood somewhere. Btw, I never aspirate to draw blood back into the needle.

You really should aspirate, it ensures you have not entered a blood supply.

Larry

[bldoink]

I never see blood and never aspirate. I can usually feel it with a little extra resistance and pain when I penetrate the tunica. I can tell if I've penetrated the tunica by pressing gently on the syringe plunger. If it doesn't depress easily I'm not all of the way in. Go a tad deeper and the plunger goes in easily and success.

[dtwarren1942]

I have the same experience as Bldoink. Rarely see blood.

[postra7777]

The blood "test" is mostly for beginners. Most of us have missed and needed some way to prove to ourselves we've hit the right spot. Nothing worse than injecting and having nothing happen when your partner is ready to rumble. Once you get the feel of the needle penetrating into the tunica this confirmation isn't necessary. Unless something didn't feel right and you want to be sure. Again, I wouldn't discourage aspirating a little blood to beginners as it did help me perfect my technique. We're all here to help others to avoid mistakes we've all made.

[rondad]

USUALLY if I don't see blood I missed and get 1/2 erection. I've found that my tunica is one tough cookie and some needles have a hard time penetrating it sorta "deflect" off it. The best needles I've found are BD Ultra sharp, they pierce it every time.

Just a remark that may help - if you are "deflecting" (which has happened to me a number of times), think about the anatomy and "geometry" of what is going on. Think of pointing a knife at a basketball - what will cause it to "deflect" and not pierce the ball? - it's the angle of the point of the knife. Same thing. If this happens to you while injecting, chances are the angle of insertion is not "direct" enough. If you are injecting at the 10:00-11:00 (or 1:00-2:00) position, try moving down a little bit, and make sure you are perpendicular to the skin. But you're correct - the tunica is tough. That's one reason why many like the autoinjectors, although I had trouble getting the correct angle with my autoinjector and gave it up for a slower, more methodical manual injection. It stings a tiny bit more, but only for a second or two, very tolerable. For me, the hardest thing is the initial "stick" - I still have to take a deep breath <grin> - still something strange about sticking a needle in your you-know-where

Ron