To ensure proper absorption and prevent skin issues like lipohypertrophy, it’s important to rotate insulin injection sites regularly, keeping about an inch between each site. When injecting insulin, ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...

Some people with diabetes require insulin. They can manually administer this through several methods, such as syringes, which are available in different sizes with various-sized needles. There are ...

By Shreoshree Chakrabarty: For individuals managing diabetes, insulin must be administered into the subcutaneous tissue—the layer of fat located between the skin and muscle. This tissue, also called ...

Subcutaneous injections are a method of administering medication just under the skin, between the fatty tissue and muscle. It allows medication to be absorbed slowly over a longer period of time.