Hello, fellow kinksters!

I have recently started exploring heavier sadomasochism with a playmate and I have found it VERY satisfying. However, I was not really prepared for possible side effects: marks and bruises on publicly visible body parts…!

I ended up with a minor black eye a couple weeks ago after one of our encounters. Thankfully, I am still working from home and was able to adjust my camera’s colour and brightness to mostly mask the discolouration near my eye for work calls. While this was a minor inconvenience, I am concerned about less-easy-to-hide marks in the future since I don’t especially want to ask my playmate to decrease the intensity of anything he’s been doing unless I absolutely have to.

I am looking for tips and tricks some of you more experienced S&M enthusiasts may have picked up…? Thank you!