BDSM Lexicon · Edge play

Branding

A branding is a permanent or temporary scar made on the skin by heating metal or other materials. Within BDSM, this is used as an extreme form of ownership marking or body decoration.

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Related terms

• Scarving
• Body modification
• Mutilation
• Cautery branding
• Colt branding

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