While BDSM toys are popular among members of the BDSM community, otherwise vanilla couples may also use them to add spice to their sex lives. Novices may use blindfolds, wrist and ankle cuffs, and soft floggers. People more familiar with BDSM may use more extreme toys such as gags, open-face hoods, whips, canes, shackles, leashes, and sex candles with wax appropriate for contact with human skin.
Some BDSM toys have a unisex design, while others are meant for specific bodies. Some types of chastity belts may be worn by specific bodies, for example.