Needles.....!

[mysubmissive]

Hi everyone! We are new to this board having been recommended by a friend from another board. I need advice on how to use needles safely on my submissive partner......where to insert safely but obtaining maximum pain? etc.... also, where to purchase such needles? Anyone care to share their knowledge on this subject or there experiences even........ thanks!

 

[Etoile]

Hello and welcome!

If you're referring to play piercing, please talk to someone live and in person who has experience doing it. Play piercing is very advanced play!

http://www.sexuality.org/l/bdsm/needle.html has more information, though.

 

[ammre]

I agree with etoile on the fact that play piercing is serious play.
But it's not that hard thankfully...
Do a lot of research, start by doing non erotic zones. Make sure you learn what complications coud arise from certan things. (like you really don't want to pierce the clit itself, etc...)
Getting someone who's expierenced in this will help but most of the time people like that aren't avalable.

Once you've researched until your face is blue, as i said start small in easy areas, along the arm or what not... you don't pierce deep, and you should be entering and than exiting the flesh (not straight in, i figure that shoudl be painfully obivious)

My favorite resource is bme
bme shop has needles, the smaller the gague the less they hurt, start small.
bme shop

some play piercing images bme encyclopedia entry

 

[ammre]

p.s.
the lit files...

 

[warrior queen]

right, well.....
as a piercer, i have a very strict view on needle play.
in fact, my advice?
DON'T DO IT!

78% of people carry GOLDEN STAPH on their skin surface - there is no way to know if your sub is one of these or not.
without the proper sterility procedures, you run the risk of introducing the staph sub-dermal, and let me tell you, an infection like that is no fun.
(as an aside, did you know that Necrotising Fasciitis [sp] is due to a staph infection? that's the flesh-eating bug, btw, that is not able to be treated with any antibiotics currently available.)
so at the very least, you should be looking to do a pathogen control course of some kind before you consider needle play.

then there's the issue of potentially irreversible nerve damage, depending on where you put the needles through, so a course on the biology and structure of the nervous and muscular system should also be considered.

and then, there's all sorts of other things that should be learnt about pain and it's control, aftercare of pierced sites, management of piercing equipment and all the associated play products.
one cannot just wash these under the bathroom tap, you know!

research all you like, but be very aware that even those of us that do this professionally still get the occasional infection in our clients that turn completely nasty and septic, despite the best care and attention.

oh, and just a final note - almost all the piercings that i have done that have ever turned septic, have been surface skin piercings.

 

[Vixandra]

Warrior Queen is quite correct in this.

If you and your partner are bound and determined to do this (excuse the pun) then I'd say go talk to someone in the medical profession or someone's who's done this before.

And realize that you could seriously harm/maim your sub (or pyl= pick your label) with such a thing. I've seen cellulitis, an inflamation of the cellulite that lies right under the skin, quite a few times working in a hospital and none of the patients with it were happy. Most were from a simple scratch or cut that went overboard.
If left untreated, it can advance and cause the loss of skin, and underlying tissue. Possibly even loss of use of the body part infected.

That said- I've seen some beautiful peircing work in the past. One a woman with loops in her back that were laced together with a wide black ribbon, dramatic against her pale skin.
It is possible to do this without harming your partner but please, talk to an experianced needle-player in person for hands-on training.