How do members feel about bruises?

[Helen Crimson]

I'm involved in my local kink scene and I'm a heavy pain slut, thus I am frequently bruised, sometimes very severely. Do you find this to be a turn off or a non issue? I'm trying to figure out if I should continue doing breaks for healing or if I should just get on cam. I don't want to lose viewers due to my unusual interests.

 

[AmazingAlexaNY]

hmmm i dont know, i have scars and some people think its gross but most dont care....

 

[Delroy]

Quite frankly there is someone out there with a kink for everything. There are members out there who will find "I got these bruises having kinky sex" a turn on. I think what you might wish to think about is "Is this the type of people I wish to attract" and "How do I market myself to draw those people to me".

It can be a uniqueness that differentiate you from the other models.

PS: This question seemed to be directed towards members so I answered it. If I'm overstepping the mark I'll remove this.

 

[AudriTwo]

I'm banged up now all the time since I started off-road skating. I do stupid shit like skating while it's raining, dark, wearing shorts, or not wearing my elbow pads when I'm on pavement. I have so some gnarly looking scars. But no one really said anything from my experience. Probably because most of my audience now knows about my new hobby. I have some SH scars too. They have reduced the appearance with time, but I would wear thigh highs when they were more noticeable

People tend to ask me what happened if I have large bandages or need to wear a knee brace. But bruises, I don't believe anyone has commented on them. I tend to up my lighting game to wash out any bruising and my other perceived imperfections. So they may not really notice.

Recommend always taking the time to heal for any bodily injury.

 

[schruti]

I don't mind traces of pain. I saw visitors repelled by pain. I also saw visitors attracted by pain, and they like bruises, the worse the better.

I can't tell if visible bruises will, in total, win or lose visitors. I often watched several models who promote pain, and I assisted them in their app configuration.

Their limit was Appendix C of Chaturbate's Terms & Conditions:

The following acts/content are strictly prohibited …

Depictions of actual or simulated illegal and unsafe actions, including violence, blood, torture, pain, erotic asphyxiation, fisting, rape themes, or any actions associated with causing physical or emotional harm.

… We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Platform at any time, with or without notice, for engaging in any inappropriate activity.

I saw models subject themselves to violence, torture and pain, causing very visible traces. Some of them received administrative warnings from Chaturbate, some did not. None of them was banned, though the T&C state that this might happen any time without prior warning.

 

[MarieElise]

I used to always have huge bruises on my legs when I was prescribed Adderall because I would kick the wall by my bed through the night (very hard and frequently). Something about the drug itself also made me bruise way deeper than normal when I did bruise. I've also cammed and filmed content after snowboarding and having bruises everywhere. No one has ever commented. However, I have felt really self-conscious about it. But if it doesn't put you off, I doubt they will comment on it too much.

You might get the odd report from guys who are anxious and worried you are in a DV relationship, but I don't think most would report it, or worry about it. Especially if they know you are into BDSM.

I was into stuff like that for a while, but I stopped since SM is my main site, and it's against TOS. I had a real love affair w autoerotic asphyxiation, but it's not a safe thing to be doing on my own anyway, and it's against site rules. Back when I did it though no one said anything, but I did attract more clients who were also into it. So they understand.

 

[Helen Crimson]

Thank you all for the input! I didn’t even consider that it might be against TOS or reportable. I think I’ll give it a go and see if it impacts my usual earnings or gets me a ban. I don’t plan to do any hardcore BDSM on cam, so hopefully I can squeak by. And I’ll definitely try to up my lighting to wash it out a bit. I’m not super bruised right now, just some bite marks, so I probably won’t get as many questions as I would if I were covered in whip and cane marks.

 

[GraysonDrake]

I'm involved in my local kink scene and I'm a heavy pain slut, thus I am frequently bruised, sometimes very severely. Do you find this to be a turn off or a non issue? I'm trying to figure out if I should continue doing breaks for healing or if I should just get on cam. I don't want to lose viewers due to my unusual interests.

I wouldn't worry about what regulars think, I'd be more concerned with TOS. I think some light bruising or bite marks are probably fine, but if you're black and purple all over with cane marks you might want to wait a few days (and go heavy with the arnica) so vanillas don't freak out and report you or think you're being abused. You can also dress strategically with crotchless leggings or a form fitting bolero or something so you don't lose too much work waiting on them to heal. You can also hide some of the severity of it by playing with your color settings on your camera.

I love impact play and I get tipped to do it on my streams all the time, fellow kinksters are out there and they will find you if you use BDSM tags. I've given myself some really nice welts and a few small bruises (I'm also pale AF so it's not hard to do) but nothing that would scare a member or be in a TOS gray area. Also it's really obvious that I'm genuinely into it so I think that puts them at ease.

Man you just made me wish I was still involved with my local scene.....

 

[NotYou]

Personally I am not bothered by them, but if I didn't know, I would be wondering what they are from - innocent accident, kink, partner. I think most people assume with models that it's from you being in an abusive relationship or being sex trafficked, so if you do have lots and often, it might be worth adding a note somewhere in the profile saying something briefly about the fact it's for what it is. I think this would save you the questions more than anything so it doesn't become too annoying.

Ultimately, I don't care. I would only comment on bruises for a model I am comfortable with and a regular, but then it would only be a "are you ok? what happened?".

 

[AudriTwo]

Thank you all for the input! I didn’t even consider that it might be against TOS or reportable. I think I’ll give it a go and see if it impacts my usual earnings or gets me a ban. I don’t plan to do any hardcore BDSM on cam, so hopefully I can squeak by. And I’ll definitely try to up my lighting to wash it out a bit. I’m not super bruised right now, just some bite marks, so I probably won’t get as many questions as I would if I were covered in whip and cane marks.

I have a pal who is really into being bitten. She loves it when someone bites her where she can see their teeth marks for days. She works with children, so she cannot come to work looking like a cannibal mauled her. When she plays she only allows biting on her from her chest to her thighs. That way she can easily cover up during her day job.

Had an ex who loved to be smacked around, but I couldn't leave bruising on his arms or face because of his government job. So I beat the shit out of his thighs. My point being, as fun and hot it is to be a pain slut, sometimes you may have to create boundaries where it won't negatively interfere with your work.

I know it's hard to cover up when you are an explicit model. But there are clothes you can still wear, and be revealing that people find attractive. I've mentioned I used thigh highs to cover up SH scars. You can buy fun colors and lots of people are into them. I have a lot of regs from my thigh-high wearing days who come back and now pay me to wear them. I bought all my thigh high socks from American Apparel Sockdreams.com

Another option is long sleeve shirts. Hear me out. I sometimes would have noticeable SH marks on my arms, so I would either wear a fishnet long sleeve or cut the midriff off or tie the back. I would never take it off, just lift the shirt up above my chest. If anyone asks to remove, I say no. They don't need any explanations, I said no. If they need to see my bare arms to get fully off, OH WELL BYE.

 

[Jenna K]

I'm involved in my local kink scene and I'm a heavy pain slut, thus I am frequently bruised, sometimes very severely. Do you find this to be a turn off or a non issue? I'm trying to figure out if I should continue doing breaks for healing or if I should just get on cam. I don't want to lose viewers due to my unusual interests.

Sometimes I use creams and oils in my shows when the bruises are visible (or make up). The lights helps a lot.

I use creams to vanish the bruises and stretch marks and over the time helps a lot, a couple of years ago had my legs and ass with a lot of stretch marks.

 

[Helen Crimson]

I'll have to invest in some new lingerie and outfits it sounds like. I keep it contained to an area that's easy to hide with vanilla clothes, but much harder when I'm nude on cam. I don't know why it never occurred to me to wear thigh highs to cover my thigh bruises, that's such a genius solution.

 

[MarieElise]

I didn’t even consider that it might be against TOS or reportable.

Sorry I should have clarified the against TOS part I was meaning is doing autoerotic asphyxiation on camera, and some of the other stuff I was into at that time. I don't think bruises are against TOS, or reportable, but some anxious types will not know that and try to report anyway. Once a random dude on MV started messaging me about a custom, and as we chatted he started telling me how he was really worried about this other model, and had reported her. He linked me her profile to see what I thought and she was a model who looked to be heavy into BDSM and was heavily bruised. I doubt his report would be given much credence, but it was still a report. Sorry for being so vague and potentially making you worry.

 

[GraysonDrake]

Sorry I should have clarified the against TOS part I was meaning is doing autoerotic asphyxiation on camera, and some of the other stuff I was into at that time. I don't think bruises are against TOS, or reportable, but some anxious types will not know that and try to report anyway. Once a random dude on MV started messaging me about a custom, and as we chatted he started telling me how he was really worried about this other model, and had reported her. He linked me her profile to see what I thought and she was a model who looked to be heavy into BDSM and was heavily bruised. I doubt his report would be given much credence, but it was still a report. Sorry for being so vague and potentially making you worry.

I heard "heavy pain slut" and having known and played with some before I can only assume that she's ending up with some pretty intense and spectacular bruising that's like dark, dark purple and covering large areas. Normie bruising that's around the same intensity as bashing your shin on a table is probably TOS safe (rope bruising is probably fine too) but people who like it harder than that often run into issues where TOS is basically trying to save them from consensually enjoying their own kinks because they flag it as "sadomasochistic abuse" which is a vague nonsense term that could cover whatever they want. It's an issue even in mainstream BDSM porn.

 

[MarieElise]

I heard "heavy pain slut" and having known and played with some before I can only assume that she's ending up with some pretty intense and spectacular bruising that's like dark, dark purple and covering large areas. Normie bruising that's around the same intensity as bashing your shin on a table is probably TOS safe (rope bruising is probably fine too) but people who like it harder than that often run into issues where TOS is basically trying to save them from consensually enjoying their own kinks because they flag it as "sadomasochistic abuse" which is a vague nonsense term that could cover whatever they want. It's an issue even in mainstream BDSM porn.

I said that because last time I checked the SM ToS for the specific wording there was nothing about it... maybe things have changed. When I talked of my experiences I was referring to deep bruising. Maybe CB is different.. it's not like they seem to run on clear and consistent rules and ToS anyway... so yeah, there it wouldn't surprise me. They ban for anything and everything ToS or not, from what everyone here says. I try to be specific how I word things. If you know of a specific instance where what you say happened, I'm sure it would be helpful to share the site, and more specifics. Just for the sake of sharing knowledge. I know I would like to know more specifics.

 

[Smoothie]

It doesn’t bother me as a viewer. The only time I might give it some extra thought is if it were an obvious black eye or something, which is often associated with a fight. I may worry a bit about the origin of it, in that case.

 

[Helen Crimson]

Sorry I should have clarified the against TOS part I was meaning is doing autoerotic asphyxiation on camera, and some of the other stuff I was into at that time. I don't think bruises are against TOS, or reportable, but some anxious types will not know that and try to report anyway. Once a random dude on MV started messaging me about a custom, and as we chatted he started telling me how he was really worried about this other model, and had reported her. He linked me her profile to see what I thought and she was a model who looked to be heavy into BDSM and was heavily bruised. I doubt his report would be given much credence, but it was still a report. Sorry for being so vague and potentially making you worry.

Thanks for clarifying! I'll probably do a deep dive into the TOS just to be absolutely certain, maybe even try to get a response from support.

I heard "heavy pain slut" and having known and played with some before I can only assume that she's ending up with some pretty intense and spectacular bruising that's like dark, dark purple and covering large areas. Normie bruising that's around the same intensity as bashing your shin on a table is probably TOS safe (rope bruising is probably fine too) but people who like it harder than that often run into issues where TOS is basically trying to save them from consensually enjoying their own kinks because they flag it as "sadomasochistic abuse" which is a vague nonsense term that could cover whatever they want. It's an issue even in mainstream BDSM porn.

You're spot on, my bruises usually spread pretty widely when I've been playing hard. I've definitely heard about it being an issue in mainstream BDSM porn; once upon a time I wanted to work for Kink, but they have strict rules about markings, and I just mark up too easily. Hopefully it helps my case that I wont be doing any intense play on camera.

 

[MarieElise]

Thanks for clarifying! I'll probably do a deep dive into the TOS just to be absolutely certain, maybe even try to get a response from support.

You're spot on, my bruises usually spread pretty widely when I've been playing hard. I've definitely heard about it being an issue in mainstream BDSM porn; once upon a time I wanted to work for Kink, but they have strict rules about markings, and I just mark up too easily. Hopefully it helps my case that I wont be doing any intense play on camera.

The only thing I found in the SM ToS was the part where it says "Performer shall not violate any local community standard of "obscenity"". Looks like that is purposefully vague so pretty much anything could be thrown under it? Idk I'm not a lawyer, but that would be my guess. I still don't see bruises specifically mentioned anywhere.

 

[GraysonDrake]

The only thing I found in the SM ToS was the part where it says "Performer shall not violate any local community standard of "obscenity"". Looks like that is purposefully vague so pretty much anything could be thrown under it? Idk I'm not a lawyer, but that would be my guess. I still don't see bruises specifically mentioned anywhere.

Yep, exactly. They almost never mention bruises or BDSM acts specifically in any TOS, but "obscenity" such a subjective bullshitty enough word that they could make it out to mean whatever makes them clutch their pearl in horror and the only way to fight it would be to lawyer up with a non-profit advocacy group.

I really wish "safe, sane, and consensual" would catch on in the legal world.

 

[MarieElise]

Yep, exactly. They almost never mention bruises or BDSM acts specifically in any TOS, but "obscenity" such a subjective bullshitty enough word that they could make it out to mean whatever makes them clutch their pearl in horror and the only way to fight it would be to lawyer up with a non-profit advocacy group.

I really wish "safe, sane, and consensual" would catch on in the legal world.

Fair enough. Now it all becomes clear

 

[GraysonDrake]

Thanks for clarifying! I'll probably do a deep dive into the TOS just to be absolutely certain, maybe even try to get a response from support.

You're spot on, my bruises usually spread pretty widely when I've been playing hard. I've definitely heard about it being an issue in mainstream BDSM porn; once upon a time I wanted to work for Kink, but they have strict rules about markings, and I just mark up too easily. Hopefully it helps my case that I wont be doing any intense play on camera.

Conversely though if you want to go through the trouble of curating more hardcore content that's at your normal speed, you could always take pics of your bruises and sell them on Reddit. I have old bruise pics from previous sessions back before I did SW that I've considered reselling because they're spectacular.

 

[Helen Crimson]

Hmm, that's a thought, I definitely have plenty of bruise pics I could sell. I'd just have to take them all down from my fetlife so people don't find me. I wish sites were more forgiving with hardcore content. I could make a killing recording some of my play sessions.

 

[GraysonDrake]

Hmm, that's a thought, I definitely have plenty of bruise pics I could sell. I'd just have to take them all down from my fetlife so people don't find me. I wish sites were more forgiving with hardcore content. I could make a killing recording some of my play sessions.

Could also try to mint them as NFTs if you wanted to go down that route. I'm looking into doing that soon and I'll probably post about it on here once I get the hang of it. I really think crypto is the future for porn, especially for creators like us who are into edge kinks that are difficult to host on normal platforms.

 

[Helen Crimson]

Oh god, trying to understand NFTs makes my brain spin. If you post about it here, I'll definitely tune in. If I were smart I'd get my own website up and running to sell all of my edgier content. Not sure I'm willing to put that much brain effort in.

 

[GraysonDrake]

Oh god, trying to understand NFTs makes my brain spin. If you post about it here, I'll definitely tune in. If I were smart I'd get my own website up and running to sell all of my edgier content. Not sure I'm willing to put that much brain effort in.

Same, crypto is easier lol.

 

[Deleted member 57737]

Big bruises would put me off a bit if I'm honest. But that's only me.