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ORIGINAL: MzShngStar

My my my..wonderful electricity. My male sub and I both love playing with electricity. We use the violet wand and tens units. I have never had any problem using the violet wand on his pierced nipples or on the head of his cock<which is also pierced>Of course there isnt prolonged contact on those places so no burning is caused. The only part of the body I stay away from with the violet wand is the head, it will burn hair and can also damage eyes. Remember the current can and does travel with the right conditions. The tens unit we never use on the nipples and up. But there are enough other places to place the pads. Please make sure you are taught by someone that has done it for a while before trying it on your own, for safetys sake.

Star

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ORIGINAL: ruthiexxxx

Where can one buy/ read up on violet wands please? they sound fascinating!

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ORIGINAL: MsSaskia
When I use the violet wand on body piercings, no damage is done.  The piercings tingle a bit but don't constitute any more risk to the body than me conducting current through a metal object, which I do frequently and have done so on hundreds of people.  I'm don't understand how a violet wand would impact subcutaneous metal like pins or other implants since the current stays primarily on the surface of the skin.  From what I understand, there's no risk there.  Or are you talking about some other type of e-stim, like a TENs unit or cattle prod?

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ORIGINAL: ruthiexxxx

Where can one buy/ read up on violet wands please? they sound fascinating!

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ORIGINAL: petdave
The big concern with mixing electricity and metal is heat. If it's under the skin, the recipient won't feel it the same way as they would if it were on the surface of the skin. If the Top and bottom are not experienced, it can cause burns that are unintentional and take a long time to heal.

If the metal is deep inside the body (pins in bones, etc) then it shouldn't be impacted by any conventional sort of electrical play.

FWIW, you can cause burns mixing a violet wand and metal objects, according to my leg (oops...)

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ORIGINAL: MsSaskia

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ORIGINAL: petdave
If the metal is deep inside the body (pins in bones, etc) then it shouldn't be impacted by any conventional sort of electrical play.

FWIW, you can cause burns mixing a violet wand and metal objects, according to my leg (oops...)

I take it you incurred an injury from a violet wand being used over the area where you have a pin.  Could you describe how that happened in terms of what setting the wand was on, what implements were used, and the duration of the contact?

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ORIGINAL: petdave
i guess i wasn't very clear... Based on what i know of electricity (not exhaustive, but practical), metal that is deep within the body should not make a difference during electrical play. i was burned using a metal conductor on the skin, rather than underneath it.

In my case, we were using a violet wand to arc to a piece of Christmas garland that was underneath a vacuum cup... Not sure what the duration was (i'm not one to clock-watch), but it was fairly extended as these things go, probably a minute or so. Best guess is that the garland was held together with a very fine wire, and the end of the wire that was sitting on my leg got hot enough to burn it. Wand was cranked up all the way (it's a vintage piece, branded as Sears Roebuck, probably manufactured by Master), using the hollow steel tube conductor. Live and learn. Cool light show, tho.

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ORIGINAL: MsSaskia

Trying to picture that.  Christmas garland... like tinsel?  And something UNDER a vacuum cup sparked/arced?  Freaky, man!
I conduct pretty often through metal, but always held in my hand.  Things like knives and neurowheels and other solid metal stuff.  I've never had it get hot in my hand.  Maybe if it was much thinner it'd be different.

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ORIGINAL: petdave
Yup... the vacuum cups are a very thin polystyrene, and the wand will arc right through it to the metal and light it up like a plasma globe. What was even cooler was rinsing a bit of rubbing alcohol in a thin glass votive holder, as for fire cupping, and holding it down tight over the tinsel... then using the arc from the wand to ignite the alcohol inside the cup from the outside!

There's not enough current in a typical wand to heat up a big piece of metal when it's just a conductor. The metal wire running through the tinsel is about as thick as a human hair, and it was probably creating its own arc down to my skin (kinda looked like there was ash at the contact point)

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact
Very true.  As I said, since he does still have metal in his leg, I have to be very aware of it.  Hoping to be cautious, I avoid his scars, too.  Now that he's been branded, that will be another no shock zone.

I did forget to mention personal piercings, which should be treated the same way as metal that is actually inside the body.  Thank you for picking up the slack.

When I use the violet wand on body piercings, no damage is done.  The piercings tingle a bit but don't constitute any more risk to the body than me conducting current through a metal object, which I do frequently and have done so on hundreds of people.  I'm don't understand how a violet wand would impact subcutaneous metal like pins or other implants since the current stays primarily on the surface of the skin.  From what I understand, there's no risk there.  Or are you talking about some other type of e-stim, like a TENs unit or cattle prod?

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ORIGINAL: LadyZee
Actually, current from violet rays and wands can and do impact subcutaneously.  This is the reason that it is generally advised not to use such devices on those with a history of heart problems, pacemakers or other implanted, electronic devices.  There is some basic safety information from the violetwand guild here:  http://home.earthlink.net/~violetwands/safe.html.