Stimulants How to hit a rolling vein?

[TweakerBirdie]

The veins in my feet are so easy to hit, yet they roll really bad. How do I hit them? I've never learned how to hit rolling veins, yet I hate to waste my feet veins since they're easy to hit.
Any tips on hitting them successfully without them rolling after I register would be fantastic.

I use 31g short tip needles.

 

[mrflowers00]

hold the vein between your index finger and thumb to keep it from moving

 

[TweakerBirdie]

hold the vein between your index finger and thumb to keep it from moving

Thanks!

 

[paranoid android]

I don't have rolling veins but I've always had small veins that are pretty deep except for a few. I use 30 gauge short tip syringes which i find are the easiest to hit with because their is less chance of poking through a vein and the small needle size doesn't make the vein move nearly as much.

 

[hustlababy09]

I completely agree with what both of the people above me said. My hand/feet veins roll BAD so I either actually HOLD them with my fingers so they can't go anywhere and/or use the 30 gauge needles. Shorter tip needles are WAY better for rolling veins and smaller veins.

 

[C_Tripper]

...carefully.

 

[TweakerBirdie]

Any other tips? I'm trying to hit veins on my inner forearm that don't pop up. If I squeeze my arm between my knees in a way that stretches the skin, will that work? I can hit the vein and register, but it rolls while I'm injecting. Do I need to inject super slow (That's what I've been doing) or is it better to do it quick?

 

[Mr.Scagnattie]

^^

Injecting slower is always better. Does less damage and you have more control.

There really is no special technique to hit rolling veins. Hitting a vein is hitting a vein. But, having a fresh sharp syringe helps. A dull one will be a lot harder to hit a roller with.

Also, work on your angles.. different veins require different angles in order to hit, and with rolling veins, often times that angle changes.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

You have to hit it right on top. That's the best wording I could come up with on such short notice.

 

[pyrovfuel11]

never-ly

lolz

 

[UnspokenVoice]

Sometimes I go in from the side, watch and puncture it, then I'll move the needle to draw it straight and press the needle further in so I can get a decent register. In other words, start from the side and push into it and you're good to go from there once you figure it out.