TB-500 pin site irritation — is this a vendor issue or am I pinning wrong?
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Third pin of a TB cycle. Small red lump at the pin site, slightly warm, a bit itchy. Doesn't look infected — no spreading, no pus, no fever. But the same sites have been lumpy for 2-3 days after each pin.
BPC on the same schedule, same needles, same BAC water — never had this. TB-specific.
Dilution, vendor, or pin technique? Trying to narrow down.
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Seconded. The 1mL reconstitution on TB is a common cause of site lumps. Dilute more, pin more volume, problem usually disappears.
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Most likely the dilution. TB-500 is a higher-concentration pin by volume than BPC at typical reconstitution. If you reconstituted a 5mg vial with 1mL BAC, you're pinning dense peptide solution. Redo with 2mL BAC, pin 2x the volume for the same dose. Usually fixes the site reaction.
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Also — TB does produce a mild local inflammatory response for some people independent of dilution. If re-diluting doesn't fix it within a pin or two, consider rotating to a different site region (flank vs abdomen) or slowing your push speed. Faster push = more local irritation.
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Yeah dilution is def the first move. TB is peptide-dense even at standard reconstitution and subq tissue gets angry with concentrated solutions. I'd go 2mL minimum and see if the lumps shrink within a pin or two. If they persist after that then yeah, consider it might just be how your body reacts to TB locally, some people get that regardless. The inflammation itself isn't dangerous but rotating injection sites and going slower on the plunge helps most people.
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