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Fire Play
Fire Play
In the BDSM community,
fire play is a type of sexual play that involves
fire
near or directly on a person's skin.
This can be done by placing
candles
or other flames near a person's skin,
wiping alcohol on the skin
and lighting it,
tapping the skin with a lit torch,
or flogging a
person with a flaming whip or flogger.
A fire whip is designed to be soaked in a flammable accelerant
and
ignited prior to use.
A Dominant then uses the blazing fire whip to
strike His / Her submissive.
For obvious reasons,
fire play is generally considered to be a type of
edge play.
When engaging in fire play,
safety should come first and
certain precautions
should be taken.
For instance,
fire and flames
should not be placed
close to clothing or hair.
Safewords should be
established,
and supplies and equipment
like fire blankets, wet towels,
and fire extinguishers
should be kept close at hand.
A fire whip may be a singletail or
flogger style whip,
with multiple lashes.
Fire whips are typically made
from Kevlar,
as this material is tough enough
to withstand being set on
fire
time and time again.
Fire whips must be soaked
in a
flammable accelerant,
such as lighter fluid and alcohol,
for easy
ignition and to stay alight.
The longer you soak the flogger,
the longer
it will stay lit.
The whip must also be kept in motion
during use to
ensure
the flames don’t go out.
As with all fire play,
using a
fire whip is very dangerous.
Using any kind of whip also carries
some
degree of risk.
For these reasons,
inexperienced Dominants should not
attempt
to use a fire whip.
Dominants should avoid areas
where fire
could do serious damage,
like the face and genitals,
and instead focus
on the back or chest.
The Dominant must strike the submissive
for
only a short period of time
to avoid burning the skin,
with the tails
making contact with flesh
rather than the body of the whip.
Swinging the
fire whip around in the air
before bringing it down on the skin
can
also reduce the risk of burns.
It can also help to “warm up” the
submissive’s body
with fire wands or other
less dangerous fire toys
first.
No matter how skilled the Dominant is
with a fire whip,
the hairs
on the submissive’s skin will become singed.
(kinkly.com)
