Phew! Yes that’s more like it.
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Jumping in here - yes, scalpels dull extremely fast. For my scarification, that was mostly (except for the dots) done with a scalpel, my artist used about 8 or 9 blades. Whole procedure lasted 3 hours, including some little pauses and the punched dots, so he literally changed the blades every few lines, and I felt the difference. Not terribly, but still, the fresh blade was much more comfortable.
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I could see the 5mm needle being used 2 or maybe 3 times max during a session… and since the needle would presumably be wielded by a professional with sterilized gloves and field, it should be possible to use it in succession without needing a full autoclave process between uses… but the question is why risk any of this? Just get a few needles.
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I was just curious.
Ain’t you supposed to be on vacation? 
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Would people not on vacation so this?
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that’s just screaming for condensed milk
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try a canadian version with maple syrup and snow
You have snow in PNW? That’s unusual.
If you need some more, I have a foot on my driveway that you’re welcome to come take away
This is why people wear shoes, to prevent this kind of thing from happening
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You my friend just joined the short list of people who managed to seriously convince me to switch to metric full time in casual speak
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I remember a conversation going something like this:
-We don’t use the “F” word in the lab, keep that in mind!
-Ah, you not, I’ll try to keep it censored…
-Yeah, we measure temperature in Celsius.
Unexpected bonus, I just intended to poke fun at barefoot
The fact that you found a “standard” unit of measurement more convenient, went by completely unnoticed
Lol
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Yeah I got it, but it works on both levels. Well done - even if you didn’t do it on purpose.
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came looking for a howto on the lube, stayed for this gif!
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To clarify - the flex doesn’t actually get infected through the needle like x-series implants?
Assuming you mean injected and not infected,
Correct,
Big needle breaks skin and makes a slit that’s wider than the diameter of the needle, because of a collapsing circle
Needle gets pushed in, separating fascia and dermis, making a new home for flex
Flex is pushed in manually thru the slit
I have a video of my install if interested
It only hurts maybe 20-30% more than a standard needle, and that’s specifically only trying to get it they the skin, once it’s breaks thru it’s significantly less painful
I used no pain meds because I couldn’t decide and forgot to order m
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Just to clarify, by ‘standard needle’ are you thinking of something that would be used to draw blood or deliver a vaccine, or are you talking about the needles used to deliver other implants?
~ Jamie
I am interested fo sho!
Oh haha,
Not a blood needle
By standard I mean the x series injector
Everyone’s mileage varies, but I found it to be a 3-5 out of 10 for all of 10 seconds or so,
Location and install technique can change it a bit
My skin is apparently pretty tough, my installer has had to put a decent amount of force into breaking the skin, but once it’s in it’s at max 2 out of 10 for pain
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