I played this game with Kate, the owner of the Fetish Funhouse here in Montreal. She's been doing needle play for many years now. The pictures you'll see were taken during a demonstration where I volunteered. It was my second experience.

The first thing Kate did was to clean the small room where the game would take place. Then she brought in everything that would be needed: individually wrapped needles, an empty box to throw the needles out afterwards, 2 pairs of latex gloves, tissue paper and rubbing alcohol.

I lay down bare breasted since that was very close to the area where the needle play would be done. During my first experience I had around 30 needles all over my body: thighs, abdomen, breasts… The area that I disliked the most was the thighs because they were too sensitive to experience any pleasure. The area that I like the most was the upper and lower abdomen. This time Kate and I agreed to only do the abdomen. After putting on her 2 pairs of gloves, she cleaned my abdomen with rubbing alcohol. This step is necessary to avoid contamination. And then came the fun part: the needles.

The needles come in many different sizes. Unfortunately, I don't remember which size Kate used. Needles are wrapped individually and are sterilized. One by one, she started piercing my skin with these little things. This is the part that people understand the least. How far does the needle go in? First of all the needle doesn't go in vertically. Therefore it doesn't touch muscle or veins. The needle is inserted horizontally. A bit like when you were a kid and you used to stick a needle in the skin of your finger and laugh about it (am I the only weird one to have done that??). Some weren't very deep, others a bit more. I believe that the depth depends on each person.

Every time a needle went in I had a small burning sensation followed by a chill that invaded my whole body. I remember that the first time I tried it I wasn't sure if I enjoyed that feeling so I asked the person to give me another one, and then another. The chill that goes through my body is very interesting but the feeling doesn't last long and it's hard to remember if I liked it or not. Lets say that after 30 needles I knew that I liked it ;-) That's why I'm here talking about my second experience with Kate. Like I mentioned before, it's really the chill that courses through my body that charmed me. For others it might be the burning sensation. Another question that people sometimes ask: does it bleed? No it doesn't. If the person knows how to use the needles no blood will be seen.

In short, Kate inserted many needles on each side of my abdomen and then laced them with a red ribbon. She was very delicate when lacing the ribbon. I sometimes felt a pulling sensation and my heart beat faster but I knew that nothing would go wrong. I strolled around the Funhouse to show off the beautiful artwork then I came back to the small room to have the needles removed.

This is when Kate takes off her first pair of gloves. Why? Simply to minimize the risk of contamination. During the first part, she only touched the needles. If she would have touched other things I might have gotten an infection afterwards. Also, while I was walking through the Funhouse, she touched other things like the empty box and the tissues. So instead of taking off the gloves and putting another pair on, she only had to take off the first pair and she was already prepared to do her thing.

She pulled out the needles two by two to reduce the pain. Actually, I really don't like this part. The skin is already sensitive, then, when Kate removes the needles, she has to put rubbing alcohol that stings and burns the skin. To dull the pain, she used a tissue dabbed in alcohol and covered the two needles while pulling them out quickly with the other hand. The pressure she exerted prevented from feeling too much pain and also, the procedure was twice as fast.

Once all the needles were taken out, blood was barely noticeable. The needles' red marks are usually gone the following morning and don't leave scars or bruises. The needles are put in a special box to be brought to a hospital or pharmacy for disposal. If thrown in the trash, children or animals could find them…

There you have it! If you would like to try it, please make sure it's with someone who knows this technique well and that this person follows all the necessary steps. Needles can be bought in a nursery store for a reasonable price.

Bianca