Misc I discovered an amazing vein (experienced IV users only)

[Bomb319]

Where your wrist meets your hand on the side of your pinky finger on both hands, there is a vein that rests almost directly on top of cartilage/bone tissue. It naturally swells to huge proportions when your arms are down, and is barely palpable when arms are raised. Since there is very little other tissue in the area and it's such a fat vein, it's an ideal spot for IV injection if you're already quite familiar with the technique.

This particular vein provides many advantages over other spots. First of all, you can practically inject in the dark. It's so bulky that you find it based on feel alone and there is no mistaking it for an artery or any other tissue. There is only a small length of vein on the wrist where it is accesible, however once you find it you will hit every time, and register every time as well. There is no leakage whatsoever, no irritation, and everything flows smoothly. There is also not very much pain in this part of the hand and if you are using a new needle, it should be virtually nonexistant.

Advantage 2 is that it is in a rather unremarkable, unseen location despite being very easy to access on your own. People are unlikely to notice marks as they aren't readily visible and even if they are, look like a cut from something else rather than a track mark. It is also very easy to rotate spots using the right wrist, then left, then right etc. all providing perfect hits and low chance of missing.

Finally, I've noticed that this particular spot is ideal for rapid onset. The rush is much better and faster than if I were to use a leg or foot vein. It also is not all that vascularized, so after injection there is minimal bleeding and therefore almost no clotting and swelling disrupting future hits. A small pat with a tissue and raising the arm two seconds is enough to completely heal, after which the vein becomes puffed up and ready for easy access once again.

 

[tentram]

these veins? yeah, they're good to use when you aren't using your crook or forearm veins. though, caution must be taken as you're shooting in an extremity of the body with fuck all flesh around the area which can make for some uncomfortable misses if you happen to slip out, etc. there's a few nerves, tendons and an artery around that area (cephallic vein right in between the thumb and index) to take care not to hit.

it'll hit faster, as you said, because it's an upper body spot with plenty of blood flow to the heart compared to the other extreme of your body where blood flow is a lot less, taking that bit extra to carry across the BBB and hit you.

 

[Znegative]

This is the vein I use the most, it's great as long as you're good at spearing rollers, but if you're not, it is practically impossible to hit. Strangely I only have it on my right arm.

 

[majicBLUE]

I could never hit that one. Though the one that runs straight up into the crook of your arm worked amazingly for like 5 years, the one that runs right over your wrist bone, inside of your arm. It still worked 1st try last time I tried, I used to run so much through that one part. Ol' Faithful.

 

[down508]

Be careful, injecting into arterys is more common when using the wrists. Otherwise keep rotating and using new needles.

 

[Mr.Scagnattie]

Yes, I've used that vein many times as well.. The way I have it on my wrist though, it kinda of cuts at a very steep angle so It's a bit uncomfortable to hold the syringe, but I'll go there in a pinch if some of my other go-to spots (not many left) aren't working. I also have a lot of nerves around that area so if I don't put it in the exact right spot, it hurts like fucking hell. It's best to use short tip/small gauged syringes if you're going to hit that vein or any of the ones in your wrist/hand area.

 

[Rock$Off]

That is a good vein. I always had a hard time hitting it though, a buddy of mine who was a wizard with a needle had to do it for me.

 

[Bomb319]

I have very hard to hit veins in general, but now with these, it's like poetry. So quick and clean. When I think how I used to sit there frustrated as hell, stabbing all over my body covered in dried blood...and I don't think there's an artery on the side there. Also, yes it hurts there if you miss, but thats a good thing because just a tiny drop and I know, and fix it.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

I had a friend who accidentally hit an artery in the wrist area. I'm going to advise people to be careful when using the wrist area because of all the nerves, tendons, etc. that are also there like tentram mentioned.

It's best to use higher up on the arm IMO. But I know some of you all don't have those veins left, but I still wanted to point this out for the people who do.

 

[bingey]

This Vein isn't going to last you long if you're going to hit it more than once a week. And I think it's actually pretty safe, arterial-mishap-wise it's more the inside of the wrist that people can get confused between veins and arteries easily

 

[livetheopiatedream]

I exclusively use wrists and hands these days. I agree. One drop and you know you're missing. Gotta be a bit of a needle wiz tho for sure, and skills at hitting rollers. I think u can use a vein like this exclusively for a month or even two, but then the motherfucker shuts down for good. That was before I started rotating as religiously to avoid real bad track scars. I'm gettin a bit of a map on my wrist. And I've got one line down my forearm. Know what's weird tho, my crooks still work I tried the other day but since they went to shit like a year ago I lost confidence in em. I know most people would revert the second they found it works but naw. Tho I gotta say if u lack technique it hurts less to fish there. I got good technique tho

 

[majorigpa]

this one worked nicely for me, thanks!! im at a bit of a disadvantage IV wise. I have literally no veins on my forarms or elbow crook. even in the hospital they have to use the veins in my hands, everytime. and im not even overweight or out of shape, just bad (good) luck. oh well. i've mastered hitting the rollers, missing the nerves, and rotating like clockwork. so far so good.

 

[Bomb319]

Yeah it's changed everything for me. Before I used these, I'd always have spots that are fairly good, spots that are finished, some may work occasionally, some maybe a fluke, but it would always be a crapshoot for me to IV. A good day would be getting a spot done fairly quickly and not missing much or any. Very often I would not be able to hit or register ANYWHERE, and I'd be sitting there in blood, cursing, using rigs over and over and in immense frustration, forcing a shot somewhere I might get part in, but some under the skin. I had many marks and lumps.

Now though...because it's so easy to detect a miss immediately, I can stop and finish up properly but mostly I hot right away. Even if I found a good vein before, what would happen inevitably would be I'd eventually miss a bit which might make the next hit a bit harder and subsequently miss more, until I ended up fucking up the whole vein with lumps of misses and a bad attitude. Long, long times. Now, it's like..no anxiety, do it anywhere, takes two seconds and perfect every time.

 

[HOP SING TONG]

This is the spot that I used to inject ~175-200 mg of DMT a few days ago, on my left arm. Most of my veins are totally destroyed thanks to extensive past cocaine and heroin IV use, but I've been off the shit for almost 4 years now, so I'll get lucky here and there when I feel like IVing something. Got it all in one shot. Not lying about the shot or the size of the dose either, it was pure insanity and I am lucky I managed to get the rig out of my arm in time as I literally felt it coming on hard as soon as I pressed down the plunger after registering in the vein.

 

[Swimmingdancer]

I had a friend who accidentally hit an artery in the wrist area. I'm going to advise people to be careful when using the wrist area because of all the nerves, tendons, etc. that are also there like tentram mentioned.

It's best to use higher up on the arm IMO. But I know some of you all don't have those veins left, but I still wanted to point this out for the people who do.

^This. And this:

This Vein isn't going to last you long if you're going to hit it more than once a week.

Mine are permanently destroyed.

And the other thing is just because its a big easy to hit vein on some people does not mean it is for everyone. It can be a delicate fragile vein on some. There are many better vein choices and hitting the easiest to see vein is not always the best idea for the reasons mentioned in the posts I quoted plus more.

 

[majicBLUE]

@Swimmingdancer I know the feeling, except it's the veins in my hand. The two running under the middle finger and pinky finger. The index finger vein never worked good for me, the wrist one is had for me, it rolls too much and one of the is on top of my wrist bone, the other is above my wrist bones, I don't have a lot of fat or muscle on me, so if it's a longer needle and I miss the vein, I can feel it hitting my bone so fuck that. Right below the wrist bone, the one that runs up into the crook of your arm has worked faithfully for me since I started, hitting in various spots, above forearm, below wrist, you get the idea. The crook of my right arm is gone, I can hit it once in a blue moon, but I have a scar from an abscess.

@livetheopiatedream: Stop using your hands, NOW. If you want any kind of successful life, stop. When I used my hands exclusively, I had to wear long sleeves because my tracks were terrible, looked like someone cut me with a knife with scabs, red bumps, etc. I had a jacket that had thumb holes in it and went all the way up to the beginnings of my fingers, and i'd wear that shit in like 70-80 degree weather if I was going somewhere I needed to look presentable. People would see me in my jacket and know, people aren't stupid, they know what's up.