What specific treatment or exam triggered this for you? (e.g., gynecological exams, prostate checks, catheters, endoscopies, injections, etc.)
--My medfet is masks on female patients, and it all started with anesthesia via the "black beauty" mask. At some point, which I wish I remembered, it mostly pivoted toward girls in protective masks (surgical, N95, elastomeric, etc). I have been fascinated by the feeling of the mask, but only in relation to thinking of a pretty girl actually wearing it, not me.
Did the authority of the medical professional (doctor/nurse) play a role, or was it more about the situation itself? (instruments, sounds, smells, the clinical environment)How old were you when this happened?
--The situation itself. Instruments, mainly, I guess, i.e. the mask. The earliest memory of a girl in a mask that I can remember is a photo from one of those books made for kids that details what to expect when hospitalized for surgery. It was of a girl my age (8 or 9, maybe?) who was lying on her back on an OR table and being administered gas through a "black beauty" mask.
Do you remember feeling physical or emotional reactions during the procedure that you couldn’t explain at the time? (e.g., strange tingles, tension, shame, curiosity, or a weird fascination despite discomfort).
--I grew up having many major surgeries. I seem to remember being fascinated by the feeling of a mask, but also embarrassment. Not really turned on by the feeling of it. I much preferred seeing a girl masked, and wondering what she felt both physically and emotionally while masked. Especially when my fetish turned towards protective masks. For instance, seeing footage of a girl who just had a lung transplant, and she is being released, so she may be dressing up a little bit. Maybe skirt, tights, a nice blouse....and then she masks herself in, say, an N95 (my favorite is the bright aqua blue 3M #1860).
How did the shift from "unpleasant" to "erotic" happen for you?
--I think the mask was always, like anything else hospital-related, kind of an instrument of trauma from my very youngest years. But at some point lost to history, I became aware of girls, and that even the prettiest ones had to have surgery at times, and so I learned to look at masked girls like other straight boys looked at girls in swimsuits.
Was there a specific moment when your perception changed?
--I'm sure there likely was a moment when the eroticism started, but that's a lost memory. I'd sure be curious to remember that moment, and who the girl was that caught my eye. I do know that the mask issue can be upleasant and erotic both. Unpleasant to be wearing, just because it symbolizes the trauma I've been through medically. But very pleasant and a massive turn-on to see a girl have to wear due to her own medical need for a mask. Something about the irony of dressing in your favorite clothes, and then having to mask yourself in public, which society society doesn't really accept.
When did you realize this had become a kink for you?
--I was born in '75, but only in '98 did I ever come across a site that deliberately eroticized medical masks. It was a Japanese site that had lots of pics of females in daily life wearing masks in public. At that point, I realized it was a fetish for some people and I was able to just go with it. It felt really good, because in my youngest years, I held masks a few times and would start shaking. This wasn't a trauma reaction. This was a sexual reaction, and I was just too young to realize it.
Were there external triggers (movies, conversations, similar scenes) that suddenly made the connection click?
---well, that site, apparently. Though I always did enjoy scenes on TV that would profile a girl in a medical situation that required her to wear a mask. I found it most erotic when she was also just wearing whatever street clothes she liked. Something about wearing the mask in spite of peer pressure against wearing it. Something about her looking different than the rest of the room when masked. Gotta do it. Doctor's orders.
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