Abrasion as a human sexual practice involves sexual arousal from contact with abrasive substances. This can be person-to-person as in a harsh rubbing of the skin known as a dutch rub or with various substances such as scratchy wool or thistles. Use of harsh abrasives such as sandpaper or steel wool will likely cause lasting injury. Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... A noogie is the act of rubbing ones knuckles on another persons head. ... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, AR Wool is the fiber derived from the hair of domesticated animals, usually sheep. ... Species See text Thistles are perennial flowering plants of the genus Cirsium. ... sheets of sandpaper Sand paper is a form of paper where an abrasive material has been adhered to its surface, it is part of the coated abrasives family of abrasive products. ... Steel wool is a bundle of very fine steel filaments, used in finishing and repair work to polish wood or metal objects, and for household cleaning. ...
Another form of abrasion play is "birtching", where a person is struck or brushed with handfulls of twigs and leaves. Similar activity is done using handfulls of sand.
Abrasion play is generally considered safe as long as the skin is not broken. If the skin is broken, even in tiny areas, the area should be disinfected and protected as with any open wound to prevent infection. Improper care can result in permanant scaring. Scar after recent surgery on the left forearm A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. ...
In BDSM a person can learn about pain and how to turn it into something akin to pleasure, can learn to live a life in which pain is simply another sensation to be appreciated not feared.
In BDSM it is common to distinguish between sensual caning, where the cane is used gently so that the stroke is silent and the energy comes from the wrist and punishment caning in which the arm is involved.
Among the techniques available are: abrasion with fine sandpaper; abrasion with coarse salt in a condom; stimulation with brushes; gentle blows with a cock whip, miniature tawse, pencil or hand; chemical play or temperature play; electricity; binding; squeezing; pulling; piercing of the ball-bag but not the balls; shaving and tickling.
While the world at large thinks of "abrasion" as a wearing or grinding away by friction or as an irritation, we who are s/m-aware know that abrasion is an erotic stimulation of the skin by rubbing, scratching, or pricking.
While abrasion may not be very dramatic in presentation (at least, not at first), it is an intense scene, and the Top may choose not to allow any letup in the intensity, although the level of sensation is best varied throughout the scene.
Abrasion can be a light or a heavy scene, or anywhere in between.