Weird question of the week for my readers: Has anyone done a flogging or whipping scene that left their skin incredibly itchy?
Playing in LA last week, I did a scene featuring a fairly heavy flogging and a moderate whipping. It left me with some beautiful marks on my upper back, but it also left that whole area very rough and itchy. Given its inaccessible location for scratching, that makes it particularly frustrating. I’m guessing the skin was dry from the LA heat, and then damaged enough by the heavy flogger to trigger the wound healing itch reaction. It’s kind of odd however, as I’ve never had this kind of reaction before, and certainly nothing that lasts this long. Really hoping I’m not suddenly developing an allergy to leather. That would really cramp my play options.
Given the topic of leather and whips, this striking photograph of Mistress Adrienne of NYC seems an appropriate one to feature. Whatever I was hit with, it was nothing as fearsome as that particular single tail.
Are you sure at least one of those implements wasn’t “fake” leather?
Also, you might ask the Dom what she cleans her tools with – if she uses a Chlorine based cleaner and she didn’t allow enough time for the chlorine to completely evaporate than that could have caused a problem.
And there are probably other compounds in leather care and sterilizing chemicals to which you might be allergic.
Thanks for the suggestions. I’m fairy certain everything was genuine leather, but I will ask next time we get together. The idea of a cleaner creating an issue is a good one. That’s also something I’ll follow-up on.
In general I seem to have ended up way more marked from this trip than any other. Which makes me thing it might be a function of the dry air and my skin. But the response to the flogger as particular abnormal, so maybe it was a bit of everything – sensitive dry skin and a cleaning chemical.
Thanks again for the feedback.
-paltego