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I'm having trouble buying hrt and I'm not sure what syringe I should use to draw from a Vial. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Long story short I'm a twenty year old trans woman in an extremely transphobic third world country so I have to diy- HRT.

I previously was able to buy HRT and ship in to my country around January this year but three month in it started leaking so I had to throw away the vial. I suspect this was because I was using the wrong sized drawing needles.

Now that I'm trying to get access to HRT again the site I was using to but crypto (Binance) is now telling me its unable to accept my card, google pay isn't working and due to where I live doing a back transfer doesn't seem possible. Ive already tried getting a new card it does not worse.

What course of action can I take to get hrt? and what Size syringe should I use for drawing in the future?

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[–] 2 points 2 days ago

For injections, it's worth thinking about the specific ester and preparation you're injecting. Commercial estradiol valerate, for example typically uses a thicker oil than a lot of DIY, which often uses thinner MCT oil. For example, with commercial EV, I had to draw up with like 21g or larger and inject with 25g. With DIY estradiol enanthate using MCT oil, I draw up with a 25g and inject with either 27g intramuscular like 29g subcutaneous. There's a fair amount of trial and error, but so long as you can draw up and inject without hurting yourself or your vials, you're doing okay.

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