Domination & submission _ the BDSM relationship handbook ( PDFDrive )

organs susceptible to damage in those areas.
Needle play, when done properly by an experienced and knowledgeable Top
using the right equipment in sanitary conditions, is a relatively safe activity.
Anything that doesn’t meet those standards isn’t.
Nails, Pins & Staples
One of the first things a person learns in the fetish lifestyle is that there are
always people who enjoy pushing the limits, not only of their own pain
endurance or social norms, but of good sense. Perhaps some of that is the
legitimate result of a person truly wanting to explore the boundaries of his or her
own fear, strengths, capabilities and senses. Other times, unfortunately, it can be
the result of someone who views the fetish culture as competition to be won. For
those individuals, it isn’t about relationships, sexual turn-ons, or even having
kinky fun. It’s all about scoring points and one-upsmanship. This is not a
healthy approach to the BDSM lifestyle.
I believe that BDSM piercing play that involves common hardware such as nails,
pins and staples should be highly discouraged. It may be tempting for some
people to view it as just another form of edge-play, but I believe it is an
extremely dangerous activity - particularly for novices - and only serves to
perpetuate and enflame the gross misconceptions among the general public about
what goes on in the fetish lifestyle. It’s relatively simple to find extreme S&M
photography online that depicts this sort of play in an erotic way, but what you
never see is the massive infections, gangrenous body parts, or massive medical
bills that followed.
Each safety concern that we discussed in the needle play section applies ten-fold
to nails, pins and staples. While needle play could potentially lead to infection,
it’s almost certain that the use of common nails, pins and staples will lead to
serious and perhaps even life-threatening infections. As if that weren’t enough,
this kind of play can also cause tissue scarring, nerve damage, loss of sensation
or motor control, and even blood poisoning. Trust me; it simply isn’t worth
losing a body part, your health or potentially even your life to score points in a
non-existent game of masochistic one-upsmanship that you can’t win.
Pinwheels
The Wartenburg neurological pinwheel (also sometimes called a neurowheel)