Bondage 101: Use and Safety of Nipple Clamps

Nipple clamps have become very popular with both men and women.  They range from very gentle to quite extreme, more extreme than most people can endure.  Nipple clamps also come in many shapes and sizes some with various accessories to increase the sensations felt when wearing them.

Nipple clamps and their use

Before using nipple clamps make sure to keep in mind to not limit their use to the nipples alone.  There are plenty of great places on the human body that are just craving to be clamped, most notably the genital region on both men and women and on women the clitoris can be a wonderful place for some more gentle clamps.

But for now let's stick with the nipples, before clamping your nipples be sure that they're nice and erect.  The easiest way to achieve this is to rub them, for many even the right thoughts can provide them with a pair of erect nipples.  But for some the process might call for some extra help, in this case you should consider ice cubes, they do wonders for exciting the nipples.

Many nipple clamps are adjustable, you can change the amount of pressure on the clamped area, this is great for beginners and those with sensitive nipples.  If you like more pressure but not the pinch you should try to get as much flesh as possible.  The more flesh you get the wider the area that the clamp is putting pressure on, thus reducing or eliminating that sharp pinch.  Once the nipple is clamped there is a whole new world of sensations awaiting you.  Anything can be used to further stimulate the nipple, including feathers, fingers, tongues, a light whipping or, my favorite, a mini vibrator.  Lightly touching a small vibe onto the tip of a clamped nipple can provide some absolutely wonderful sensations.

There are nipple clamps that are referred to as 'endurance clamps', these are often very similar to other clamps except for the fact that they are not adjustable.  This means that if they're on your nipple then they are squeezing with everything they've got, there's no light setting with this type.  Another type of nipple clamp for those more extreme users are those clamps with teeth.  These clamps tend to not have any extra rubber or padding and as you can probably tell, these little guys can create some pretty hardcore sensations, so if you're at all gentle, you might want to stay away from these.

Nipple clamp safety tips

Much of the pleasure of nipple clamps comes from the fact that the clamp cuts of a certain amount of circulation to the tip, this causes very sensitive nerves, it also means that you should probably not leave the clamp on for much more than 15 minutes at a time.  Plus you should probably be aware that the removal of the nipple clamp is usually the most 'intense' part of the whole thing, in fact it can be downright painful as the blood goes rushing back.

Just like all sex toys out there you should clean your nipple clamps regularly, they can get dirty and nobody wants to put on dirty clamps.  Besides, who wants a nipple infection?  Not me.

Don't forget, nipple clamps are not for women only!  Due to the fact that most women's nipples are a bit larger than men's nipple clamps are often a bit easier to use on women, but men's nipples need attention too.