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If you can handle getting pierced then a little sticky thru the skin with a much smaller syringe needle would be a cake walk.  I am still learning, but I started out by sticking myself and it was along the lines of a quick prick and sting,  I was surprised at how little it actually hurt.  I've been pierced before (nipple and tounge) and it was not even in the same league.

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However, there's something about "danger, skin pierced" that activates the body's endorphine production big time. 
This is what I am hoping for.
I use hypodermic needes exclusively (I do also use a surgical stapler, but that's another topic as are the shark hooks).  Generally, I use a 25 gauge for decorative work and about an 18 gauge when something is to be suspended from it or if a person is going to be put in needle bondage. 

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I have a huge mental block regarding needles. They totally freak me out. 

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  i have ever seen who hate needles because they burn for them and won't allow them to be used on them, while i am not a huge masochist and i actually request needle play now, for me they don't burn, i feel the prick and then they settle down and it is a very peaceful scene for me. 

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ORIGINAL: HisTicia
Needle bondage?  I don't think I have heard of that before.  The shark hooks and staple gun made my tummy turn a bit though...lol.   I guess there are many things I will never be brave enough to try. 
 
Okay.. I have to hijack my own post.. what is the surgical stapler used for?  I may regret asking.. but now I kinda hafta know.
 

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ORIGINAL: cutew

HisTicia, 

I can tell you that I personally LOVE, when I hear them being taken out of the wrappers!  
That sound gets me..at the piercing place..but not in the good way...hmm...maybe when I have my next one done.. I will close my eyes..and try to think of it as erotic..just to see.
   The main point of me replying though was the one question about needles at the Dr's verses play.  I am diabetic, meaning, I have blood taken every 3 months from the Dr's office...I hate it and every now and then push that 3 months longer because of that dislike of the lab putting a needle near me...NOT fear, I just simply hate it!   But with Master I love it!  To me the two are completely different. 
   To be honest, I don't know if it was some one other than Master doing it, if I would handle it well or not, but I trust him, and I don't have a problem, more so look forward to this activity with him.
 I do find at times, a blindfold helps (NOT watching or seeing them)...having Master very close helps too, first time I was in a chair, and he was behind me so his arms actually around me as he put the needles in place ;-)...that seem to help reduce the fear of the new thing as well?
I was thinking a blindfold might help..not seeing them..or knowing they were coming.. that might make it all more erotic also...that would probably be the only way I could do it.  I know what you mean though..when I walk in the Dr.. and he comes in the office.. the first thing I say is..I don't care what it is..no shots..he rolls his eyes..but it usually gets me out of them.  That is me..suffer for two weeks with what one shot would have cured in a day.

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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren

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ORIGINAL: HisTicia
Needle bondage?  I don't think I have heard of that before.  The shark hooks and staple gun made my tummy turn a bit though...lol.   I guess there are many things I will never be brave enough to try. 
 
Okay.. I have to hijack my own post.. what is the surgical stapler used for?  I may regret asking.. but now I kinda hafta know.
 

Actually, "needle bondage" is one of the things we use the stapler for.  In this, disinfected nylon cords are stapled to the body or wrapped around needles and then attached to a frameword so when the person moves the staple or needle is pulled.  Another way we do it is that I hold the cords in my hand. 

In a way, this is a perfect intensity scene since it is the submissive is the one who controls the intensity by how much and how much she moves.  It's almost hypnotic to watch someone like Smiler lean back, her eyes locked with mine and the needles through her breasts pulling against the skin, as we slowly and sensually do a dance of pain with her alternatively pulling back to ratchet up the sensation and then moving close to me to catch her breath.

We usually limit the hand-held sort of scene to two or four needles but with a framework we can use as many as fifty.  This is where a stapler comes in handy since it's a lot faster to use.  Usually we put the framework around a bondage bench so the subject is lying down.  If we have the subject standing, we usually use suspension cuffs with her hands over her head because we've had cases where the subject has passed out from the endorphine rush and the cuffs prevent her from falling and putting an unacceptable strain on the needles and the webbing.

Another use for the stapler is to attach silver-plated chain to the submissive as a decoration.

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ORIGINAL: dawn_slave

Hi HisTicia,

Just thought i'd say my daughter has the same fear of needles and last year i'd gone to get a piercing and my other daughter got one too. i ask the youngest if she wanted something pierced and she said no. We never thought anymore about it until we got up the next morning and she asked me if i noticed anything different. She had pierced her own ears! i just asked her if she felt that same feeling as going to the doctors and she said "No, I just don't like others doing that to me". That really shocked us though!
Hope that helps!
dawn

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ORIGINAL: Tikkiee

I have never had a fear of needles, however knives were a different story. Chris worked me past that by challenging me one night when I was asked if I wanted to participate lol. I still am not totally over the fear, but at least it's not something that is a blind spot anymore.
 
Only way to get past the fear is to try. Then you can say for sure whether you like it or not.

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ORIGINAL: akisha

One of the issues i have other then the abject fear, is that I scar extremely easily. Last thing I want is tonnes of lil dots all over me lol

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ORIGINAL: lisa1978

Needles for me have been way more of a mental issue then a pain issue. I have only had it done to me by people I 100% trusted and had experience and enjoyed the experiences very much as it gave me quite strong feelings.

I found the pain to be rather manageable and especially less then actual piercings.

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ORIGINAL: HisTicia

.. it made me squirm a lot.. both good and otherwise...but it's for sure given me something to think about.
 
                                            ~Ticia