Other metal parts (e.g. piercings or other toys) near the electrodes

Hi,

I haven't found anything about this, so I ask... What happens when there are other metal parts in the area? Do you have to remove piercings during e-stim? Could you use a metal-speculum while using TENS with sticky electrodes around the clit?

(I have zero experience and am mostly researching for writing purposes, although I would love to try it someday.)

The only thing I would mention with the proximity of metal objects, piercings etc coming in to contact with Tens electrodes, the current is going to pass through those objects too.

This can be an added stimulant, or an annoyance. I would say experiment, but be careful what gets a jolt, and where.

Hi,

I haven't found anything about this, so I ask... What happens when there are other metal parts in the area? Do you have to remove piercings during e-stim? Could you use a metal-speculum while using TENS with sticky electrodes around the clit?

In general, metal piercings and things like that are not recommended as electrodes because the surface area is too small and they can be painful ...unless you like that. Other metal parts should not be an issue if your are bringing up your power slowly, as you always should. One possible exception might be if the electrode was initially in direct contact with the larger metal area, and then broke contact leaving only the smaller area of the electrode, That might be a shocking experience. For any setting on your power box, or tens, or whatever you use, the stimulation you feel is inversely proportional to the surface area if the electrode. The larger the area, the less power you will feel at that electrode. Even if you were to have both electrodes very close to a metal object like a metal speculum, and it did somehow redirect the stimulation a bit, you would notice this as your slowly increased the power and if unpleasant, readjust things.