|
BitaTruble -> RE: Sewing or suturing labia closed (10/15/2007 9:36:00 PM)
|
~FR~
Okay, first some safety tips. Wear gloves and have a second set of gloves for the remove. Before you pass the material through the labia, run it through a cotton ball which is soaked with a non-irritant sterile mixture such as some sort of surgical scrub or iodine. (A simple patch test can let you know if the bottom is allergic to iodine. It's a common allergy, so patch test first. To patch test, rub iodine on the inside elbow area of the victi.. um, subject and let it stay there for two days or so. If they don't develop an irritation or rash, they're probably not allergic. I usually use surgical scrub just to be safe though.)
Don't lace up too tight because it's harder to cut the sutures out and do another run through a cotton ball when you remove them as the material will pick up germs just by being exposed to air. When you do a surgical scrub on the material itself, it will lessen the risk of infection. (You cannot have a totally sterile environment outside the OR, but you can lessen the risk. Being aware of the risk is half the battle.) Twenty to thirty seconds preparing the area with scrub or iodine is adequate. (I like shaved kitty's myself because part of the thrill for me is the beauty when I'm done. I highly recommend shaving prior to this form of play.)
While they are all different, I've found that 6 - 8 stitches is adequate for the 'average' woman's labia to be sewn but that's going to depend on how close together you make them. Do leave yourself a bit of room though. I've found that a quarter of an inch is sufficient to be able to undo the work once you're ready to remove it.
I've done this two different ways and I do have a preference for the first one over the second. The first way is to use hollow needles. (I prefer 18 ga syringe needles, available from KV Pet supply - cheap, cheap [;)]) I insert all the needles first (use a small cork over the tip to avoid poking while you're doing the rest of the piercings if you want.) Once I have all the needles in place, I cut my material (I favor fishing line, but whatever you like that won't leave thread trails) to length, then you work with half for each side like a shoe lace. I run the material through my surgical scrub on each side and remove the needle (and cork if necessary although I don't, generally, use cork myself) as I go along, keeping the material in place, crossing over after every pass through the needle (I often add beads onto the material at this point as well just because they're pretty.) Then I proceed on down the line, removing the needles with the same process (iodine on the tip before removal to lessen the chance of germs getting into the skin) and leaving the material in place, tieing it up like I would shoe laces.
The second method is to use a surgical sewing needle. I don't favor this method though because you have to work with your material being twice as long and, frankly, it just gets in my way. Also, I'm very safety oriented and I just prefer using a new needle for each poke rather than run the same needle repeatedly through the skin. Needles do get duller as you keep passing them through, so I just don't use this method any more, but it certainly does work. I would do the same thing for each pass (scrub both needle and material) but I've found I have more control over the beauty of my work with the first method. The last reason I gave up this method is because when I make a mistake and misplace my sewing needle, it's much harder to go back through, having to remove the material and repoke the needle in the correct spot.
I also use the first method and leave the needles in place and just lace up as you would an eye corset going around or through each needle but you have to watch for the tips poking the subject when you don't want that to happen, plus, your subject can't get up and move around if you keep the needles in place, so it's going to depend upon what you are planning to do after the sewing is done.
If you can get hands on training, great. If not, just be careful, take your time and have fun with it.
Celeste
edited to add: I've been doing this for fifteen years, but you don't know me from Adam and I could be full of shit, so please keep that in mind. [8D]
|
|
|
|
