Category: Clinical Skills
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The Pinch Technique
During filler injections, injectors generally tend to pinch or pull the tissues with the non-dominant hand for the ease of the procedure. This technique leads to a change in the anatomy of tissue layers whilst held. The pinch technique also increases the tissue space for injections by moving the mobile tissue layers away from the…
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Why inject Medication
Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injection Technique Why Injections? Whilst the gastrointestinal tract is the ideal route for most medications it has some distinct disadvantages including; slow variable absorption and the ability to inactivate (digest) some medications. Advantages of administration by injection include: Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injection Technique for: