The Dangers of Ice Play

The Dangers of Ice Play

One of the keys to understanding the core of S/M and BDSM relationships is to come to terms with each other's needs. In this regard humiliation is essential part of BDSM techniques to make bottom (sub/slave) realize and top (Dominant) to fulfill their deepest urges.

Ice can be an interesting sensation toy. Combined with hot wax, it can be incredible. But it can also be a dangerous toy. And Dry ice, and other super cooled liquids have no place in Dominant/submissive or BDSM play at all. Water ice is a reasonably safe toy, if a few precautions are observed.

First, don't make your ice super cold. The human body can't really tell the difference between ice that is 20 degrees and ice that is -20. It's just cold. The colder ice is sharper. There is little reason to turn your freezer to the coldest setting to make your ice -100 degrees. The only thing that colder ice has going for it is that it is sharper and takes longer to melt. It is also more dangerous. Remember, ice will adhere to skin. A lot of us as children had our tongues frozen to some icy confection at one time or another. This is not something you want to have happen to your partner's pink parts.

Ice Popsicles, or just plain Popsicles are popular to put into orifices. This should be a reasonably safe practice as long as the ice is not left in place for too long and as long as it is not too cold to start with. Remember, frostbite is a real danger. Frostbite is caused when a body part gets too cold for too long. Always check with your partner to determine whether they have Reynaud's syndrome or some other condition that would make ice play dangerous.

Another danger of internal ice play is hypothermia. Hypothermia results when a person's core body temperature becomes significantly less than 98.6 degrees. Leaving ice in place inside a person for more than a very few minutes (probably 5 or less) is potentially hazardous.  This is because it is chilling a person's internal organs. There are plenty of interesting things to do to humans on their skin surface where you can better monitor the chill factor, so why take chances?

Be VERY careful not to get so involved in sensation play that you screw up your partner's temperature regulation equipment. It's often hard to tell until it is at the danger point that you've gone too far. Please be cautious.

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