My nails are a weapon. I have accidentally broken skin on myself and other people more times than I can count. It has taken a significant amount of practice to become more adept at avoiding those sorts of accidents. But I've learned that with proper positioning and practice, long nails can be ultra-pleasurable for my partners. Here are some tips on how to use them for pleasure - and avoid causing (unwanted) pain.
Vaginal Penetration and Long Nails
Long nails have long appeared in porn, but it's easy to assume that vaginal penetration and long nails don't mix in real life. That isn't necessarily true. Vaginal penetration with long nails is something that needs to be done slowly, carefully, and with a lot of feedback if it is being performed on another person. It is definitely not something that is going to be happening rapidly. It takes a lot of work in order to do it without uncomfortable pokes and prods that will probably happen anyway.
Your nails must be properly manicured with edges filed smooth, cuticles and hangnails trimmed, and dirt removed from underneath. This is really important to a comfortable and safe experience. Ideally, this should be done regardless of the length of your nails because jagged edges and hangnails can cause small abrasions or tears of delicate tissues. You should also be really be clean when it comes to putting anything into the delicate ecosystems that are our orifices, whether you have long nails or not.
Anal Penetration and Long Nails
You shouldn't put long nails into butts without some sort of covering over the nail. The tissues in our rectums are even thinner and more delicate than those of the vaginal region. I wouldn't even really recommend those with short nails go in without a latex or nitrile glove. If you have particularly long nails, you can be even more gentle and safe by stuffing half or a whole cotton ball into the tips of the gloves. This makes things easier and more pleasurable for the recipient.Sensation Play
There are also a myriad of ways to explore the sensations of long nails. It can be as serious as drawing deep red raised welts onto peoples backs or even drawing blood or gently tracing one's nails across someone else's skin for an incredibly relaxing and tingle-inducing sensation. Long nails, even admittedly scary looking ones like my daggers, do not need to inflict pain. They can be used with subtlety.
When it came to my former partner who loved to be scratched, they described the teasing, the pain of the scratching, and then the gentle tracing of fingers afterwards to all be important aspects of this form of sensation play. When you're scratching someone, there are a lot of different techniques you can use. Here are a few:
