Reducing bruises?

[Shahrazad]

Hey everyone; pleased I found this board, as I have been wanting to find a forum where I could discuss things with likeminded people.

If you do not mind, I will start off with a question straightaway.
I have very sensitive skin and I bruise at the drop of a hat, though fortunately do not bleed like poor writegerl! My husband gets upset when he sees me bruised and is afraid he has hurt me too much, even though I keep telling him this is not the case.

I do not want him to think he has hurt me, and certainly do not want him to withhold spanking because my bottom is bruised! Do any of you have any tips on how to reduce the bruises?

[writegerl]

I haven't found anything that stops the bruising from occurring, but Arnica helps them fade more quickly. I got mine at GNC, and it was only $10 for a big bottle.

I feel your pain in bruising so easily! I just bump into something and I look like I got beaten!

[Shahrazad]

Arnica? Brilliant, thanks, I'll try that!

[Eayore]

My own personal experience is the skin on my bottom gets much more resilient if I am spanked frequently. I bruise easily if I haven't been spanked for a few weeks, whereas if it is a regular occurrence (twice a week or more often), I don't get bruises at all.

Perhaps you could reassure your husband that it's nothing to worry about??!

[Naughty butt Nice]

[W-Jigsaw'sBoss]

I will tell you that my heart STOPS if I think I've broken the skin or gone too far. I HATE it.


But I listen to JA and I respect and trust her when she says I haven't gone too far. It's a freak out that I try and keep to myself.


Cause a top's gotta do what a top's gotta do.

[bethannie]

I tend to mark/bruise really easily.

I have used creams to reduce bruising. There's a good German one, called Marmoset Oil (Only a name, no cute furry animals get hurt!) and Arnica, which is more readily acvailable.

Generally, I like to leave bruising.
I love to know I'm marked. And it also reinforces the reason for the bruising, both visually and with the wonderful afterglow and soft, 'good' pain when sitting on a tender bruised backside.

Reducing the bruising would also have slightly disappointed my Top. He just loved to look at it later.....

[Pokey]

[Eayore]

[bethannie]

[DaddysLucy]

I have the opposite problem. I would love to bruise, but it's so hard to bruise me! I did have a couple of tiny bruises after this weekend, but Daddy had used his hand, the strap, and the belt for quite a while. I think I bruise more when I get spanked frequently over the course of a day or a couple of days.

Eayore, if I haven't been spanked in a while, it actually takes me longer to bruise. I think I bruise easiest when my bottom is pretty consistently "warmed up."

[Pokey]

[Naughty butt Nice]

[Lisababe]

Hello,

My response is going to be a 2 parter and I will probably only have time for Part 1 now.

To reduce bruising, I would suggest:

The husband (if the HOH is the man), needs to know his wife's body so well, that he knows what a certain level of redness means. The same red mark on my butt does not mean the same thing on my rump as it would on yours.

I would advise a heavy dose of warming up before a heavier portion of a spanking.

The discipline should be more regular or at least a regular as needed. I think our butts respond to spanking the way the rest of the body responds to exercise.

Avoid heavy instruments like a heavy paddle.

Try to not to clinch and tighten your buttocks.

Sometimes, bruising can occur because of nutritonal issues. Keep up on your vitamins.

Instead of the traditional o-t-k, try laying on something like your bed or couch. It seems to help me.

Kneading, massaging, or squeezing, although painful during the spanking, seems to reduce bruising. At the same time, he can sort of evaluate the progress to this point. He may decide that a certain area is close to bruising and he could avoid it.

Your husband should try for complete and even coverage over both cheeks in which he spends an ample amount of time in each area, but does not conentrate consecutive swats in one area.

Got to go. I hope this helps. More thoughts on bruising to follow.

Take Care,

Lisa

[Vixie]

Here is what I have learned from my personal experience so far.

If I have taken anykind of OTC painreliver, like asprin for a headache or something, in the 48 hours before I have been spanked I will bruise more.

Ice packs after keeps down the bruising.

Vitamin E liquid capsules broke open and rubbed in help a wee bit.

Keeping the blood circulation away from the area by not sitting or laying bottom down after helps.

and drinking lots of water for 2 days after helps flush things out and makes any bruising go away faster.

I do not know if this will help you or not as each persons body is so very different, but I thought I should share the things that seem to help me.