Black and blue marks on arms from prop help

reconhardc · Jun 9, 2003

I have been on a prop fina cycle for 4 weeks, the gains have been impressive and my body fat has went from 13% to 10% and I have gained 12 lbs of muscle. I have a big problem. In both of my arms, I have black and blue bruises, very bad, on the left arm, It runs fro the delt, to the back of the elbow, and on the riught arm, it runs in the same area. I have been shooting my thighs for the last week, in an attempt to get rid of this. I am a business man, and dont need the added attention.There is no pain, and no lumps. I am using a 25 gauge pin 1.5 inches long. Does anyone have any suggestions how to get rid of these bruises very quickly. what is interesting is that I have no bruises on my legs at all. any help will be appreciated.

xcelbeyond · Jun 9, 2003

I HAD THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN! But - I was doing SO MANY pokes ED I wasn't 100 percent sure it was from delts, other than bruising wasn't where I was injecting biceps.

I posted this question on several different boards and never got a definitive response. A Skin Specialist (MD) told me that I broke a blood vessel from working out (didn't tell him I was injecting anything). So based on that analogy, we could have "gone through" a blood vessel upon injecting delts. The pin was probably deep enough that there was no blood upon aspirating. With the pin removed, the blood from the broken vessel traveled to under the surface of the skin causing the bruised appearance.

None mine ever hurt in the least bit. It did look like someone took a baseball bat to my upper, outer arms!

And it take forever for any bruise to go away on me. I had this happen about 2 months prior to my contest and it's still slightly there (not anywhere near as large or dark) - that's nearly 3 months!

I'm curious to see what others say.

xcel

iceman · Jun 9, 2003

I've had that happen when I inject into my glute. Its not a big deal. Hurts a little but goes away in a few days. The only thing is in your case its hard to cover it up when it happens on the delts.

stackdizzy · Jun 9, 2003

I have had this happen to me about 5 years ago when I first tried Pnp! I really didn't use it correctly as i just sat down one night and did 60cc all over my arms, back, rear delts, n traps! Well as xcel said it looked someone took a baseball bal to my arms and back! It lasted for about 2 weeks! Nerosporin on brusies makes then go away faster! Hope this helps

bigDave · Jun 10, 2003

had the exact same thing happen after a delt shot. took about 2 weeks for the bruise to go away. i used 21" gauge though. but yeah ive heard it happening to a lot of people! try get it dead centre of the lateral head!!