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Nipple Play Toys Guide & Our Nipple Clamp Reviews

11 November, 2024

Nipple Play Toys Guide & Our Nipple Clamp Reviews

Do you have sensitive nipples? Do you enjoy having them stimulated? Nipple stimulation can be intensely erotic due to the fascinating connection between the nerve endings in the nipples and the brain. Your gender, sexuality or relationship status doesn’t matter, either; everyone can benefit from nipple play. In today’s guide, I am exploring this intriguing area of sexuality, and the nipple play toys that can maximise your pleasure during solo or shared sexual playtimes. As well as discovering the various types of nipple stim toys (tickle, suck or pinch), you will find links to helpful nipple clamp reviews from the community and myself.

Why Is Nipple Stimulation So Arousing?

The nipples are packed with nerve endings, making them incredibly sensitive to various types of touch including light teasing strokes, licking, sucking, pinching, and even intense clamping. When stimulated, the nerve endings send signals to the brain’s somatosensory cortex, the area responsible for processing physical sensations. Research and studies using brain imaging have shown that the sensory map of the nipples in the brain is closely linked to the genital areas. This connection means that nipple stimulation can activate the same pleasure centres in the brain that are stimulated during direct contact with the genitals, leading to a powerful and often surprising arousal response.

Beyond the physical sensitivity, the psychological aspect of nipple stimulation also plays a significant role in why it feels so intensely arousing. For many, the act of stimulating the nipples can feel both intimate and vulnerable, creating a heightened sense of anticipation and connection with a partner. The element of control—whether through teasing, denial, or building up sensations—can add layers of excitement and pleasure. This psychological aspect combines with the physical response to amplify feelings of arousal, making nipple play a deeply erotic experience. When experienced in a BDSM context, the intensity of nipple play through pinching, clamps, or other sensations can blur the line between pleasure and pain, which is an arousing factor for people who enjoy the power exchange facets of Dominance and submission.

Nipple stimulation releases oxytocin which is often referred to as the “love hormone” or “cuddle hormone.” Oxytocin not only plays a crucial role in bonding but also heightens the overall feeling of arousal and pleasure. This hormonal release can enhance emotional closeness between partners and create a more profound sense of connection during intimate moments. Coupled with increased blood flow to the erogenous zones, nipple play often contributes to a whole-body experience, increasing arousal and even helping some people reach orgasm. This unique combination of physical sensation, psychological excitement, and hormonal release explains why nipple stimulation is such a potent and arousing experience for many.

What About Pierced Nipples?

Getting the nipples pierced can enhance sensory and sexual pleasure for some people. Since nipples are extremely sensitive already, adding jewellery can make them even more responsive to touch. The jewellery is lightly pressed against the skin and often shifts around as you move, adding a new type of sensation, even just from brushing against your clothing. Plus, a piercing can feel like an exciting addition that makes you more aware of your body, boosting confidence and making intimate moments feel more satisfying.

Psychologically, getting your nipples pierced is undoubtedly a bold choice. This results in many people experiencing higher levels of confidence and autonomy over their body afterward. There is a daring and rebellious aspect to getting your nipples pierced, an alternative vibe which is exciting and alluring. As a result of feeling more in charge of your body and embracing something different often translates into feeling much sexier, which again serves to inspire and enhance intimate, erotic liaisons.

Pierced nipples offer a delicious new aspect during foreplay and sex. This body modification and the addition of jewellery, which often sparkles and catches the eye even in low light, attracts your sexual partner and invites them to explore with fingers, teeth and tongue, the piercing evoking new and intense stimulation for the wearer. A few of my sexual and submissive play partners have had nipple piercings and I have always enjoyed toying with them, whether in a light, teasing, flicking with my tongue way while sensually exploring their body, or adding delicious painful pleasure by cruelly twisting with my fingers or adding the teasing torment of nipple clamps.

Guide to Nipple Stim Toys

There are 3 main types of nipple play toys: tickle, suction and pinch. With specially designed sex toys to stimulate your nipples in your favourite and most effective way, you can elevate your sexual pleasure and even your orgasm to incredible new heights.

Tease & Tickle

Sensory play toys are really effective at stimulating the extra sensitive nerve endings of the nipples. Popular erogenous zone tease & tickle tools include feathers, bullet vibrators and pinwheels. Find my top choices below:

Suction

Sucking on nipples is a really effective way to stimulate them… but it’s tricky to stimulate two nipples at the same time with just one mouth! Thankfully, there are various nipple suction toys available which provide this extremely arousing type of stimulation to the nipples.

Note: There are many nipple play toys which promise to deliver suction and vibration at the same time, but in my experience these are tricky to keep stuck to the nipple while they’re vibrating. The motion plus the weight has led to the suction toys just falling off my nipples during use, which is disappointing. Perhaps I just haven’t found the right ones yet! In the meantime I will stick to suction or vibration, rather than trying to combine both types of stim in one toy.

My top nipple suction toy options are:

Oxballs Gripper Nipple Suckers

Many cheaper styles of nipple suckers don’t stay on the nipples, leading to a disappointing exploration session. Oxballs is a trusted brand and these gripper suckers have many 5-star reviews from satisfied customers. Try them for yourself by purchasing through the links below.

UberKinky Twist Action Nipple Suction Cups

Add a little lube first then apply these twist action nipple suction cups. The sucking pressure can be intensified by turning the screw on the ends, making these suction cups both adjustable and a delightfully cruel addition to nipple ‘torture’ playtimes.

COLT Nipple Pro-Suckers

Similarly, the COLT pro-suckers from Skin Two offer the adjustable delights of screw-style ends, with the reassurance that comes from buying a well-known, trusted brand.

Pinching Pleasure

When it comes to nipple clamps, there are so many different styles to choose from. There are adjustable via screw clamps, extra intense spiked clamps, nipple clamps you can attach weights to, vibrating clamps, magnetic clamps, multi screw clamps, clothes peg style clamps, slide adjustable nipple sticks and so many more.

Just look at this choice selection from Bondara:

UberKinky Captivating Clover Nipple Clamps

Clover clamps are a classic and popular style of nipple clamps, where the tips are easy to apply to the nipples then when you tug on the connecting chain the clamps grip tighter to the sensitive skin.

Skin Two Steel Chain Nipple Clamps

Another take on classic nipple clamps is this screw-to-tighten style. The rubber tipped grippers attach to each nipple, tightened by screwing the base. The connecting chain can be swung and tugged upon to increase the amount of pressure exerted on the nipple clamps. Perfect for delicious painful-but-pleasurable sensations.

Are Electro-stim Nipple Toys Safe To Use?

Electrostimulation (e-stim) nipple toys are also available, designed to provide mild electrical currents to the many nerve endings in the nipples resulting in a unique sensation. These range from a slight tingle to more concentrated contractions of the skin.

Because of the heart’s location in the chest, it is generally not recommended and can be highly unsafe to use e-stim toys as a beginner, when the current could potentially cross the chest and go through the heart. Because of this, you should only use e-stim nipple play toys if you are experienced and have researched the correct, completely safe ways to use these products. As I am not an expert in electrostimulation, I advise you to check out what Joanne’s Reviews has to say about this type of sexual stimulation, as she is very experienced and in fact makes her own electroplay accessories that you can purchase.

In Conclusion

Exploring nipple stimulation accessories can open up exciting new dimensions of pleasure, whether you’re curious about gentle sensation play or a bit of added intensity. Remember, the key to a satisfying experience is understanding your body, starting slow, and finding what feels good to you. Experiment with different styles of nipple play toys, the pressure exerted and the various types of sensations, and don’t hesitate to communicate honestly with your partner when exploring together. With the right tools and a sense of adventure, nipple play toys can be thrilling additions to your sensual toolkit. Happy exploring!

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