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Insulin is injected subcutaneously. That means that it needs to go under your skin in the "sub Q" tissue. Places that are easily injectable and suitable for insulin shots are the abdomen and thighs. Just be sure to rotate your injection sites, and stay away from your belly button area.

The following advice is based upon information from the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research:

You may inject insulin into any area of your body where a layer of fatty tissue is present and where large blood vessels, nerves, muscles and bones aren't too close to the surface.

Insulin is best injected into the abdomen because of quick and consistent absorption. Avoid the 2-inch circle around the navel, which doesn't absorb as well. Rotate the site of each injection. Your doctor or Diabetes educator may recommend alternative areas for injection, such as the back of your upper arms, thighs or buttocks.

In the US it is recommend that overweight or normal weight adult individuals use the shorter 5/16 in. (8 mm) insulin syringe needle. However, technique is important when injecting insulin and can make a big difference in the absorption and dosing. The preferred injection site is the abdomen, although other sites can be used. And a person should inject straight in at a 90-degree angle, holding the needle in place for a count of 10 before removing. Very lean people using 5/16 in. (8 mm) needles may need to pinch the skin and inject into a skin fold to prevent the possibility of injecting into muscle. Individuals already using the 1/2 in. (12 mm) needles should also use a skin fold.

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Diabetics inject the insulin normally in lateral aspect of the thigh, just above the knee joint. To give the injection in 'real' subcutaneous space is a very real challenge, at times, to the medical community. In most of the time the injection goes in fatty tissue and then the absorption is not predictable.

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usually insulin is injected into the stomach but also can be injected into arms

It is usually injected in the stomach, on the top of your thigh, or high up on your arm.

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lower abdomen area and upper leg are the most common.

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In the arm, or neck if needed.

(I do not believe injecting insulin in the neck is a good idea. There is little fat, and lots of other structures that should not be hit with a needle.)

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