A few people commented on my last post wondering how it is that my bottom appears to be in pristine condition. Had I not been spanked recently?
I actually was spanked hard, less than 48 hours earlier during the Punished Brats shoot and was in fact still quite sore. I did two scenes, one was a 4 minute, non-stop ,straight to the bare spanking with a wooden paddle and the other was a hand spanking followed by a dose of the strap. There was no warm up, no ice, and my private spanking play was comparatively mild in the past two months. Sure sounds like a recipe for marks and bruises, so where are they?
My bottom was so swollen after the paddling that my cheek turned white and would crease as I flexed, but not a single bruise!
I’m afraid I don’t have the answer to that one. I think my bottom must have developed a tolerance to spankings as it’s relatively rare that I sustain any lasting marks these days, even after pretty intense scenes. Years back when I first started playing hard (before any on camera spankings), I would bruise a lot. Here are some of my amateur post-spank photos … Warning: if you do not like to see marks, I would not recommend clicking on these links.
These days, my bottom would probably only turn bright red and then fade after receiving a punishment identical to what caused the marks in those photos. I know that this is quite common with people that get spanked regularly and I think for spanking models, it is a mixed blessing. On the one hand it helps to have a bottom that doesn’t bruise too easily as it’s preferable to be unmarked to start the next scene or when having multiple shoots within a few days. But on the flipside, fewer marks may take away from the perceived intensity of the scene. Even though the spankings hurt every bit as much, it may not seem as severe if by the end of the day the girl is still only a blushing pink.
The body is pretty amazing to be able to endure repeated hard blows and barely have a mark to show for it. What I think is so interesting (as well as frustrating) is that this ability to heal up super fast is limited to my bottom only. I STILL have a bruise on my thigh from January when I collided with my evil, sharp cornered bed frame and I managed to score a lovely bruise on my elbow from tapping it on the seat of the chair during my scene with Paul Wilson on Saturday. My bottom got spanked and yet my elbow is the part that’s worse for wear? So odd.
Poor punished elbow
December 19th, 2008 - 1:09 am
I braved a look at the old amateur pics — ouch! As much as I love to see your adorable little fanny blush pink, and sometimes glow red, I really don’t enjoy seeing it with all those bruises. It just looks … sad, to me.
Hmmm … wouldn’t it be great to get a grant for a scientific study: Long-Term Development of Bruise Resistance in the Buttocks of Frequently Spanked Females. Any tech-writer types care to draw up a proposal? Any volunteers to be test subjects? Experimenters? Photographic data analyzers?
December 19th, 2008 - 2:12 am
Since you decided to feature both anatomical regions…
from: http://www.geocities.com/informalenglish/A.html
not know one’s arse from one’s elbow (v) to know nothing.
I’m pleased to say that I can tell the difference, even in photos.
December 19th, 2008 - 2:51 am
How did these compare to the aftermath of the Dallas shoots I would like to know Thanks.
Merry X-Mas & A Happy New Year.
December 19th, 2008 - 4:37 am
I, thankfully (IMO), still bruise, but not easily. Sometimes it’s frustrating when I don’t want to be spanked severely, to have nothing to show for it. Now, if I have marks that last more than a few hours I get excited and squeal with glee. Sometimes I play much more intensely and I have massive amounts of bruising and marks…and I squeal with glee just as much.
I don’t strive for them, but they are a nice reminder, a memento if you will. I love your marks pics. I do love how a bum can get so so so SO red (especially that paddling pic you showed!!), and not have marks, because you can just tell how sore by looking at it.
From personal experience, bruises don’t hurt as much as the all out bright red and swollen does. I don’t know if others’ bruises don’t hurt, but once the bruise comes out, the spot doesn’t hurt much, especially to be spanked over. It just looks nasty!
December 19th, 2008 - 5:30 am
Wow. It’s impressive that your body chemistry has adapted such that the former is a rarity. I’ve noted several times before that I’m not a fan of severe marks, but I can appreciate those early pics for what they are. Just keep up the great current work
December 19th, 2008 - 6:24 am
It happens to most people in the spanking community who bottom. Many get what I call “no bruise regret” in that they once wished that they did not bruise so heavily because it can be inconvenient (say that you have a dr. appt where she needs to check a certain area) and then when it comes true, then many wish that they could have a souvenir from memorable disciplinary sessions.
Fair complected women often bruise far more and so I am not surprised that your initial sessions following naughty behavior created rainbows on your behind.
It is amazing how the body adapts to the conditions given it. Imagine how people of prior generations where corporal punishment was more extensively employed felt when the bruises no longer showed from their punishments because their skin had adapted to the disciplinary regimen. Athletes get into hitting shape and bruises are less frequent.
I love your analytical mind in addition to your pretty body, Pixie.
December 19th, 2008 - 9:17 am
I prefer to see an unblemished bottom bared at the beginning of a spanking, although I accept that given the practicalities of shooting several scenes in one session, this may not always be possible.
In general, I’m not a fan of bruises or severe marks on the bottom. Even with cane strokes, they don’t necessarily need to be so hard that they leave marks which are still visible days later. I accept that aficionados of Lupus and such like may disagree, and it is ultimately the preference of the model/spankee which matters. I gather that some spankees like marks to remain – a bit like being tattooed, maybe. I have never said much about the severity of a spanking in any of the scene ideas that I’ve submitted, as this is so much a personal thing. I would also guess that boyfriends or husbands do have feelings about severity and marking which need to be respected.
What’s all this about you only doing TWO scenes last Saturday? You got off somewhat lightly, didn’t you? Now let’s think. You were intentionally taking a step back so that the two new models had the stage free to display their talents to the full. (I could be a political spin-doctor.)
December 19th, 2008 - 9:40 am
pixie love to see your bottie spanks with a few blushes but nothing that would upset you,as we all love you , is possible that Sierra might return to p.b. to do some scenes as a spankee some day soon i do miss her blog etc . love from tim.
December 19th, 2008 - 10:42 am
It is noticeable how the tendency to show virtually no marking at all, after several years playing, is most prominent amongst the blond bottoms and subs. After (does a quick calculation in the head) 24 years of playing, dark haired (at least when I still had hair), brown eyed little old me still marks like hell, at the time of playing but (usually, except after a very hard dose of the cane or similar) the marks start fading almost immediately and are usually totally gone after 8 to 12 hours.
I’m wondering how many female spankees of the same sort of skin type have the same result after many years of playing.
Prefectdt
December 19th, 2008 - 11:25 am
I dont like severe bruises. a little is ok. I look into the girls eyes and listen to her voice and look at her bottom. The old photo after the hairbrush almost mayed me sick and sad. I like hard spanking but that isnt spanking. I loved the photo of you in the rain, the first thing I
look at whan I see a girl is her bottom you made my day. How about Dallas Id like to see photos after that shoot. Every one have a nice christmas an a fun new year. Bye Bye
December 19th, 2008 - 1:26 pm
Yet another malicious furniture attack? It was so stealthy, I didn’t even know it happened. Could it be that this chair is responsible for teaching Juliet her “ninja skills”?
December 19th, 2008 - 1:51 pm
Pixie,
This is on a different subject–although I feel sorry for your bottom…:)
I couldn’t wait to tell you about my dream. Not for the first time you were in it.
It was very simple and nice–like cookies. We were in little pink jammies decorating the Christmas tree.
I woke up feeling safe and happy! You are always welcome to visit me in my dreams..
December 19th, 2008 - 2:35 pm
Hi Pixie,
I’m glad to read that most here don’t like to see bruising or heavy marks. I join that group..!
Regular bruising is not good for the underlaying tissue and should (if only therefore) not happen.
In our sensation and adrenaline driven society it seems that it can never be hard enough. With extremities being seen everywhere. Not on Punished Brats though, which makes it one of the best sites to me.
I have said it many times before and repeat it again:
Spanking is (and should be) an ACT of LOVE..!!!
Not just for erotic, sensual spankings, but for punishment spankings as well. You should never spank in anger and I believe most of us only spank people we know well; wives or friends. So apart from smacks there should ALWAYS be plenty of room for a loving relation…
XXX, Funbun
December 19th, 2008 - 3:35 pm
Once again, Pixie, you and I have similar stories. I used to bruise and mark for days from just a regular hand spanking. Now… well, you know how I am now.
I’m laughing my head off over the elbow thing — NOT because you’re hurt, of course, but because after one of my shoots a couple of years ago, I had a horrible bruise behind my left elbow, and couldn’t remember how I got it. It finally dawned on me that I had been thrashing around during the spankings and repeatedly slammed my elbow against the chair/couch/whatever it was.
What I want to know is, if I’m your doppelganger, how come I don’t look like you?? (grumble)
December 19th, 2008 - 5:02 pm
Yowza!
Pixie, what you put yourself through for us!
Is it me, or do those cane marks seemed placed very far over? They almost seemed to be striping your hip!
I heartily agree with Funbun, bruising of that nature looks very extreme and cannot be good for the recipient. I just hope that your spanker laid on plenty of hugs and cushions for the next few days too!
Plus you may not have been marked because you are the famed Pixie of the iron bottom!
December 19th, 2008 - 7:36 pm
Many hanks for responding to the question I asked in the last entry. I am glad that your bottom has learned to deal with spankings wihout too severe bruising. To be honest, the only marks I usually like to see remain are cane stripes, but I did not like the bruising on the old photographs. in my schooldays I can remember one boy who bruised easily being caned so hard that his bottom was mass of blue bruises – I felt repulsed and very sorry for him. On the other hand, a botom showing the neat red weals of a normal caning can be regarded as a work of art! So far as I can tell, from my self-canings I do not mark very easily, which I think I regret! However, I fell dwon a while ago and bruised my hip and that was a mass of purple and blue for weeks!
December 19th, 2008 - 8:25 pm
I, for one, do not care for any marking or bruises. I think the look of my lover’s unblemished bottom is so beautiful. My partner does not like very severe spankings and neither do I.
What turns me on is loving spankings. Even when severe spankings that leave marks are consensual, they still give me the impression of being unpleasant for the spankee and that’s a turn-off for me.
Interesting post, Pixie. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
December 19th, 2008 - 10:17 pm
I image Pixie, you have been spanked so much you are able to recover pretty fast. Keep up the good work. Tom
December 20th, 2008 - 2:54 am
So when are you going to launch your sister site, “Punished Elbows”?
Dr. Ken
December 20th, 2008 - 3:39 am
Would like to know the medical reason behind this no marking thing… because it is common. Doesn’t mean that the spanking doesn’t hurt the same though, like you say. Just can’t show the proof!
Thanks for sharing the older pics… and hope that elbow is feeling totally back to normal.
Todd & Suzy
December 20th, 2008 - 6:34 pm
I was just wondering, how long does your bottom stay sore? Is there an average number of hours or days? Does it depend on who the spanker is, what type of spanking and if an implement is involved? Can you predict before a spanking how long you’ll feel the after effects?
December 20th, 2008 - 10:47 pm
Pixie, my web site will not allow me to e-mail you for I have a few questions ask. such as have you ever been spanked in front of people who are not in the scene. And do you prefer to be spanked by a man or woman. Merry Christmas Tom
December 20th, 2008 - 10:54 pm
Your poor bottom…those creases made me wince on your behalf.
Here’s hoping your holiday finds you well. May your christmas involve a green sweater, so you be spanked until you’re Christmas colored.
December 21st, 2008 - 10:15 am
pixie thanks for the Christmas preview the 2 new spankees look very good ,they fussed when they had their big spanks and you are great as usual have a very merry Christmas Pixie darling and all the p.b.spankees all lovely girls and all the spankers of p.b. hope to comment again before Christmas love from tim
December 21st, 2008 - 3:41 pm
Jeff – I actually tried to research online for something that might indicate why we are able to build up a resistance to bruising, but of course there wasn’t much to be found about about the physical effects of spanking in the longterm. We need to get some scientists working on this STAT.
Tony – That is too funny!
Brad – Although the intensity of Dallas’ spankings were certainly on par with what I would receive for disciplinary reasons “pre-Pixie”, I have found that even in that case, I mark up significantly less. Check out my day after photo from my June 2007 trip to LA http://spankingpixie.com/2007/06/la-trip-wrap-up-thoughts-from-the-plane/. I’m bruised, but it’s definitely less than my amateur days even after lots of heavy spankings with Clare, Chelsea, and Dallas in three days back to back to back.
Marie – I’m with you. While it would ruffle my feathers if someone approached me and said I was going to be spanked until I bruised, I am actually somewhat pleased when a few marks last by chance. Isn’t it funny how excited we can get over things like bruising and pain when the average vanilla would go out of their way to avoid both?
007 – The human body is an amazing thing. While I stll have mixed feelings about my marks not being as easily acheived, I don’t have as strong an affinity to the super severe ones any more.
Brad D – We always want what we don’t have, right? Speaking of athletes, I tried to see if boxers / fighters get less bruised over time – I think I recall Dallas mentioning this to me one time. Again, I came up empty on that one. I must go apply for a grant for further study on this nagging question.
Steve (UK) – Yes, it’s not always possible to have the girls start with a completely pale bottom especially if they are new to the scene and not used to being spanked. We try to give our girls’ bottoms a little recovery time while others do their scenes, but even still, a new to spanking fair skinned bottom can look like a grape even after one handspanking. So there is definitely an upside and a downside to being an easy marker or a reslient bottom.
As for me doing only two scenes, no spin necessary. That was in fact the case in fact. We brought in two new wonderful fresh faces to shoot with us last time and as we have had a filled with such uncertainty as far as scheduling shoots, I wanted it to be the priority to get as much content of the new girls as possible so we’ll have more variety to choose from as I add scnenes to the members’ section.
But don’t worry, I wasn’t sitting around being bored during the shoot. I did photos with the girls for the bonus galleries and also conducted interviews for Pixie’s Previews. Busy bee.
Tim – Thanks Tim. I enjoy a good challenge, but I wouldn’t want to be subjected to something that would truly upset me either. I haven’t heard from Sierra in quite some time. I hope she is doing well.
Prefectdt – I think that’s a pretty fair balance to become very marked at the time of play but still have them fade qucikly after so many years of heavy play. I have heard that some even experience a diminished ability to achieve a true redness after a while if they are spanked very firmly and often!
Ed – Check out the link I posted in my response to Brad D for the post-spanking pics from my 2007 shoot with Dallas and here http://spankingpixie.com/2008/05/dallas-special-plus-plus/ for the 2008. I don’t have any from my first spanking from him in ’06.
Paul – That big chair is a super ninja. Seriously, it’s awful about smacking my elbow because the seat is so far off the ground and just at the right height that I hit myself whenever I try to struggle or arch up. I’ve done two scenes with that chair and both times I’ve come away with a banged arm … if it happens a third, I may have to introduce it to my friend the fireplace.
dani – Oh cute! Pink jammies are on my christmas list.
Yours too?
Funbun – Like almost every aspect of spanking (or anything for that matter) there are those that enjoy one extreme or the other and the majority that fall somewhere in the middle. I used to be a major mark lover because I thought that the severity and resulting dark bruising was what adult spanking was all about. I still prefer a firmer scene and not light pats, but I can tell that my tastes have certainly chaged over time.
Erica – Yes, now you are the superhero of the spanking world – the bionic bottom! You can bruise a hand in a single swat.
Ok, maybe that’s pushing it, but you’ll always be a spanking superhero in my mind.
D – My spanker was left handed so the cane marks naturally fell more to that side, but yes, looking back, there was a bit of wrapping around. Hurt like a %*&^% too!
Winchester – A set of tram tracks from a well executed caning is remarkable. I can even deal with a little bit of bruising as well, but broken skin is what scares me.
Self-caning must be tricky! You must have very good aim to get a good swing and not land where you don’t intend.
N.T. – I’m very glad to hear that you and your lover are so well matched. It would be frustrating if one of you strongly desired severe mark-leaving spankings while the other did not. Loving spankings with the one you care about deeply are the best!
Tom – Yes, my bottom seems to have gotten used to the idea of being smacked regularly, but it certainly does not dampen the pain nor the experience.
Dr. Ken – Yes, coming soon … “you naughty girl! Roll up your sleeve. You’re not going to find matters so amusing when we spank your funny bone.”
Todd & Suzy – There has to be a good medical reason behind this. Any spanky doctors in the house? Dr. Ken? Any theories?
Suzy, have you found this has happened to you over time as well?
2Good – It really does depend on the spanking, how many, and with what. After a PB shoot, I’m usually sore at least for a good day or two especially if I’m spanked with heavy wooden implements which make the muscles sore deep down. That nanny paddle though was good for leaving little half circle marks – not bruises per se, but red Cs towards my hips and thighs.
Tom – Not sure why you aren’t able to get an email sent through. To answer your first question in brief, I have only received a swat or two in populated vanilla public. And for the second, I plan to address that in a future blog post as it’s a very commonly asked question, but the post is taking some time to compose.
JC – If I really do receive a green sweater this year, I’m going to get nervous!
Tim – Glad you liked it. It was a very fun shoot.
December 21st, 2008 - 8:53 pm
Coming back to the Bruising issue of the last subject on this Blog: here is the formal statement of the American Orthopeadic Society:
(just copied and abbreviated it)
American Academy for Orthopaedic Surgeons
Athletes in all contact sports have many opportunities to get a muscle contusion (bruise). Contusions are second only to strains as a leading cause of sports injuries.
Most contusions are minor and heal quickly, without taking the athlete needing to be removed from the game. But, severe contusions can cause deep tissue damage and can lead to complications and/or keep the athlete out of sports for months
Contusions occur when a direct blow or repeated blows from a blunt object strike part of the body, crushing underlying muscle fibers and connective tissue without breaking the skin. A contusion can result from falling or jamming the body against a hard surface.
Compartment Syndrome
In certain cases, rapid bleeding may cause extremely painful swelling within the muscle group of your arm, leg, foot, or buttock. Build-up of pressure from fluids several hours after a contusion injury can disrupt blood flow and prevent nourishment from reaching the muscle group. Compartment syndrome may require urgent surgery to drain the excess fluids.
Myositis Ossificans
Young athletes who try to rehabilitate a severe contusion too quickly sometimes develop myositis ossificans. This is a condition in which the bruised muscle grows bone instead of new muscle cells.
Symptoms may include mild to severe pain that does not go away and swelling at the injury site. Abnormal bone formations can also reduce your flexibility. Vigorous stretching exercises may make the condition worse.
This is not my interpretatioon, it’s just a copy. Personally I believe that the occasional bruise doesn’t do any harm. But regular and deep bruising DOES.
Sorry for mentioning this under the wrong Chapter, but otherwise it might not be seen anymore.
Love you anyway, preferably with a nicely red glowing bottom, but without bruises..
XXX, Funbun
December 21st, 2008 - 8:57 pm
Thanks for sharing this Funbun. I agree that regular deep, severe bruising could become dangerous. Perhaps that is why the body (or at least the bottom) is able to adapt the way many of us regular spankees have discovered?
I hope you don’t mind me moving your comment to be in response to the corresponding post. I have found that quite a few people do come back to check on previously posted topics to read others’ comments and if someone were to do a search for the topic of marks and bruising, they would probably miss yours if it were under a Christmas entry.
Hope you have a wonderful holiday with lots of glowing red cheer.
December 22nd, 2008 - 1:41 am
It was both amazing and quite pleasing to see the number of replies you got to this particular post, Pixie.
I join many others in saying I really don’t care for excessive bruising (like in those early photos you shared)–pinkening or red coloring, fine.
And as one respondent commented, nice sharp red cane marks, ok.
Now I’d like to add a kind of request. One type of vid or even photo that has always appealed to me personally is where the spankee is being comforted by the spanker.
Is it possible for PB to include some of this in your upcoming vids? Just a simple hug (not ardent kissing) and maybe a word of two of comforting???
And one last time HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
gramps78
December 24th, 2008 - 2:50 am
I like follow-up shots from the next day, the day after, the third day, next week (if applicable), and would like to see them more often. Big swaths of black and blue aren’t very interesting, but patches of paddlemarks highlighted with clusters of inky speckles are nice, especially if overlaid by a few sets of tramline stripes. Not that I’m picky…
(And yours, enclosed – A+ Excellent!)