Subcutaneous Injection Advantages Easy to administer Once a person is trained, they can easily inject themselves in the stomach or thigh area
This is especially true when the vitamin status is poor during the pregnancy and if the early-introduced foods fed to the still-breastfeeding infant are vegan
Always sanitize hands and skin
For treating a deficiency, injections are usually given frequently at the start, for example, several times per week or every other day for a couple of weeks, to quickly build up body stores
In double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, daily application of GHK-Cu cream at 3% concentration for 12 weeks produced a 70% increase in skin collagen thickness as measured by ultrasound imaging, a 40% increase in skin elasticity, and visible reduction in fine lines and wrinkles
Supplied as a lyophilized peptide reference material for laboratory research applications