Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...
July 30, 2010 — New research has found that 5-mm needles effectively deliver insulin into subcutaneous fat in both adults and children. Paul Leslie Hofman, MD, with the Liggins Institute at the ...