Hey tops/D-types/left-slashes/etc- IMHO, it’s not OK to leave scars on a bright & shiny newbie bottom.
Sounds kinda simple, doesn’t it? Let’s break it down:
“Leave scars”
I want to set aside for the moment the (very serious, but more unpredictable and individual) risks of emotional scars and limit this discussion to physical-marks-left-on-your-body-for-the-rest-of-your-life types of scars. As a starting point- any type of play that breaks the skin has the potential to leave scars. The likelihood that a given break in the skin will scar depends on lots of things- how deep it is, whether it gets infected, the location, the person’s overall health, medications, wound care, etc. For example, branding will pretty much inevitably leave a scar. Cutting may be inevitable or unlikely to scar depending on the technique used. Singletails or canes can certainly leave scars. The list goes on. If you as a top don’t have some insight into what makes a given type of play you’re doing more or
