Breast Play

What is Breast Play?

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Why Breast Play?

  • Common Erogenous Zone (breast sensitivity varies widely among people, nipple stimulation or breast stimulation orgasms)

  • Breast fetishism (primal, "a breast man")

  • Lactation or Breastfeeding fetishism

  • Medical Play (breast exam by a shady doctor?)

  • Humiliation and Degradation (objectification of a traditionally feminine part of the body)

  • Sadism and/or Masochism (breast or nipple sensitivity as a vector for pain)

  • Exploration or Affirmation of Gender-Identity


The Anatomy of the Breast

 

External features of the breast include the nipple, which is a small projection of skin through which milk is expressed. Surrounding the nipple is an area of pigmented skin called the areola. The areola contains sebaceous glands which produce an oily secretion that lubricates the nipple during breastfeeding.

Internally, connected to the nipple is the lactiferous system composed of lobules where milk is produced and the ducts that carry the milk from the lobules to the nipple. Each nipple connects to between 10 to 15 ducts, which each open individually at the nipple's surface.

Supporting the lactiferous system are a series of supportive tissues, fats, and fascia. The tissue and the lactiferous system is actually quite dense and accounts for the density of the breast. As women age, the tissue and lactiferous system shrinks or collapses to be replaced by fat, which leads to softer breasts.

Men have all of the same anatomy, however generally during puberty the mammary gland in women develop to full maturity (with typical sensitivity to hormones and capability to trigger production of milk) and do not develop as such in men, making men’s mammary glands unlikely or impossible to lactate.

Safety and Risk

Breast Cancer Risk

There has been much debate in the past in the medical literature about the topic of trauma to breast tissue increasing the chance of developing breast cancer. The most recent and compelling medical literature does show a link between trauma and lumps in the breast (made up of benign scar tissue) but doesn't support an increase in risk for breast cancer.

Future Lactation/Breastfeeding Risk

If inflicting any kind of trauma to the breast (specifically any kind of piercing), there is a risk of permanently damaging some or all of the glands and tissue that facilitate lactation. Anyone currently breastfeeding or who may become pregnant and desire to breastfeed in the future should consider this risk.

Menstruation

Menstruation for many woman makes their breasts especially sensitive, some even painful (called mastalgia). When women reach the perimenopausal or menopausal stages, mastalgia (without trauma) is common. These factors should be taken into account when negotiating a tit torture scene.

Implants and Other Reconstructive Surgeries

Doing breast play with someone who has had breast augmentation via implants or has had some other form of reconstructive surgery represents an un-quantifiable risk in my opinion. With modern breast implantation technology the actual implant itself is placed either just on top of the pectoral muscle or more commonly underneath the pectoral muscle, putting it deep in the breast, but still not fully invulnerable to injury.

Other Considerations

Any other considerations you would normally entertain for whatever play techniques you plan to use should still be considered.

Play Techniques

Bondage (Blood captured, coloration, enhanced sensitivity, extra marking, extra bleeding, bigger targets for impact)

  • Rope (cupcake tie)

  • Banding (elastic bands)

  • Zip ties

  • Sutures

  • Clamps

  • Breast vice or other instruments

Impact

  • Thuddy (paddles, hands, etc.)

  • Stingy (canes, whips, rubber bands, etc.)

Sharps

  • Needles/Staples

  • Cutting, Skewers/Flesh Hooks

  • Nailing (extreme)

Enlargement/Milking

  • Medical infusion/injection (saline)

  • Lactation, Forced Lactation

  • Milking (hucows)

Sensation

  • Heat (physical or chemical)

  • Cold (physical or chemical)

  • Suction

  • Electricity (Violet Wand, be careful with TENS or eStim - heart)

  • Biting/Scratching/Squeezing/Pinching

  • Softer sensations

Nipples (Not mutually inclusive with breast play. Nipples are typically more sensitive than rest of breast)

  • Clamps

  • Banding

  • Suction

  • Piercing


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