Enema FAQs
General Enema Questions
Why enemas? What is the draw of enemas?
An enema is one of the most overwhelming and intimate things you can do to a submissive. It makes them vulnerable in a way few other BDSM practices do and it is one of the ultimate forms of trusting surrender.
Depending on how you give it, an enema can be painful, challenging or very pleasant. Mid to high volumes of held water will change their bodies temporarily, and the increased pressure in the lower part of the abdomen makes every sensation more intense — especially orgasmic sensations.
Enemas can be easily mixed with other forms of play to change their intensity and character. Besides the purely physical results of holding enema water, most submissives are anxious about losing control and making a mess. This anxiety adds an entirely new dimension to a number of practices — shibari or impact play, for example.
See what a high-volume enema experience looks like
How do you manage the mess?
You can reduce the risk of mess by asking your submissive to fast for about eight hours before you play. This does not eliminate the risk, but it reduces it.
Watch their blood sugar, though. If they've been fasting a while, a light meal a few hours before play is fine, just time it right, because eating too close to a session can bring on nausea once the water goes in.
I also prefer fasting to a pre-clean. Some people do a small flushing enema first, the way it gets recommended before anal, but in my experience that backfires. A small volume stimulates the bowel higher up and brings more down sooner than would have come on its own, so you end up worse off than if you'd just fasted and waited.
Personally, I do not play for scat and it is not what Water and Power is about. I play for the vulnerability and the way it changes their body. However, as with any type of anal play, I am prepared for them not to be as clean as they would have liked or expected. This is a common risk of any type of anal play and something anyone giving enemas should be ready to deal with.
Counterintuitively, a held high volume tends to be cleaner than a small one. A small volume without retention mostly just triggers a bowel movement, which is where the smell and the unpleasantness come from. A larger volume that is held flushes more thoroughly, so a well-run high-volume session is far less off-putting than a rushed low-volume one.
See how we handle desperation and loss of control
I want to see shit / poo / poop / scat
We don't show scat. It would cost us infrastructure, shrink our audience dramatically, and distort the aesthetic in a way we're not interested in, for very little or no upside.
Enema Mixtures and Volume
Is there some kind of trick to boost retention time and volume?
The trick is temperature, mixture and arousal. Their anxiety about making a mess and societal expectation/early conditioning are also factors.
For the things you can control — mix up normal saline (9 g/L of preservative-free salt). Keep it near body temperature throughout; I use a sous-vide machine for this. Syringes work better if you want them to retain. The time they have to adjust to the pressure change with each injection works in your favour and outweighs the problem of regular reinsertions. Higginson syringes are also good for this reason and you don't need to do lots of reinsertions.
Finally, the more aroused they are, the easier it will be for them to hold. I'd caution against trying to make them come while they're full; do it when they're expelling instead. If you make them come with multiple litres inside them, chances are they're suddenly going to find whatever they're holding overwhelming.
Position helps too. The Sims position, lying on the left side with the right knee drawn up, is the easiest for both taking volume and holding it.
Watch impressive retention in action
Can I use tapwater?
You can use ordinary tapwater for an enema, but it will leech electrolytes. At best this will make you tired, at worst it can cause water intoxication.
To avoid this, I use normal saline. You can buy it pre-mixed if you like, but I make it by mixing nine grams of preservative-free salt into each litre of tapwater I'm going to use.
Do you do anal sex after this stuff? Isn't that the whole point of an enema?
High volume enemas aren't well suited for anal sex. For that, you only want to flush out the rectum and 200–500 ml will do that for most people (i.e. a Fleet enema). Volumes much above one litre risk having the opposite effect.
This is a BDSM practice that is about making their body change shape (inflation), discomfort, a kind of predicament and a kind of invasive intimacy most people don't regularly experience. Also, while enema play may seem unsubtle at first, when done with care and grace it exposes a vulnerability that few other forms of BDSM can reach.
Anal sex isn't on the menu with most models for a number of complicated reasons, but most simply put it isn't what this experience is about.
(Some small volume) is a huge amount of water for an enema!
This is a fetish site, not a medical one. We are not doctors. Do your own reading before you try any of this, and understand that you do it at your own risk.
It's not actually. I routinely give submissives three or four litres and also do a six-litre challenge. Water endoscopy uses as much as 10 litres in a session. I should add that I'm talking about retained volumes. Colon hydrotherapy uses more I believe, but you release as you go.
How much counts as a lot really depends on the person. Some tap out at two litres, others barely notice four, so build up gradually and read the response rather than chase a number. Nausea is a rare but not unheard-of side effect of any high-volume enema, so if it turns up, ease off.
Watch a six-litre challenge
High volume enemas or soapy enemas are DANGEROUS!
This is a fetish site, not a medical one. We are not doctors. Do your own reading before you try any of this, and understand that you do it at your own risk.
TL;DR: Soap-suds enemas can produce discomfort safely in healthy adults when participants are informed, pay attention to bodily responses, use mild soap and reasonable volumes, and stop immediately if any distress occurs. Serious complications are extremely rare, and risk is controlled by awareness and consent — not by location.
What the studies show:
- Soap-suds enemas (SSEs) have been studied in pediatric emergency departments. In a cohort of 512 patients, mild, diluted soap was used safely with no serious adverse events reported (Chumpitazi et al., 2016).
- Adult volunteer studies confirm SSEs produce the expected physiological effect, though they tend to cause more discomfort than gentler solutions (Schmelzer et al., 2004).
- Rare serious outcomes in adults have been reported — colitis, bleeding, perforation — but these almost always involve harsh or undiluted soaps, excessive volumes or repeated use, pre-existing bowel/rectal conditions, or procedures performed without attention to bodily signals or participant consent (Harish et al., 2006; Porschen et al., 1986).
RACK context:
- Risk-Aware: Minor discomfort such as cramping or urgency is expected; serious complications are extremely rare in healthy adults. Risk is influenced by soap type, dilution, volume, and awareness of bodily responses, not by location alone.
- Consensual: Participants should fully understand potential effects and retain the ability to stop immediately if any distress occurs.
- Kink: Physical sensation or mild discomfort may be part of the scene and is acceptable when consented to.
Clinical studies provide benchmarks for volume, dilution, and monitoring. In healthy adults, the primary factors controlling risk are informed awareness, proper dilution, reasonable volumes, and consent — not whether the activity happens in a hospital. Serious complications are extremely rare when these factors are respected, and participants stop at signs of pain, bleeding, or unusual distress.
A soapy high-volume enema
Alcohol enemas are SUPER DANGEROUS!
This is a fetish site, not a medical one. We are not doctors. Do your own reading before you try any of this, and understand that you do it at your own risk.
This one isn't a myth. However, if you read the medical research you'll realise they aren't as dangerous as some people like to claim.
There is a very interesting point in the 'Discussion' section of this 2019 emergency medicine report: "To the best of our knowledge, there are only 13 reports, including this case, of chemical proctocolitis induced by transanally administered alcohol".
Another report from the American Journal of Gastroenterology points out: "There are five case reports in humans of alcohol enemas causing severe colitis. This is the first reported case of alcohol-induced colitis in the United States."
The case that everyone cites when they are talking about the dangers happened in Texas in 2004 and involved the wife of a severe alcoholic giving him an enema consisting of a couple of bottles of neat sherry, about three litres of it.
A 2014 report has a man dying much the same way with boxes of wine, no spirits involved at all.
We use ordinary wine here, straight from the bottle, about 250 ml. That's one large glass. Nothing stronger than wine, and never more than that. Stronger drink burns the bowel, which is the colitis in those reports. More of it poisons you, which is what killed the two men above. They were putting in litres.
A wine enema in action
Air enemas are SUPER DANGEROUS!
This is a fetish site, not a medical one. We are not doctors. Do your own reading before you try any of this, and understand that you do it at your own risk.
Again, this one isn't a myth either. However, another look through the available literature also debunks the more hysterical reactions.
A quick search of the available medical literature (Google "colonoscopy air insufflation risks") superficially supports this view. However, that procedure is typically done with 8+ litres of air using instruments that reach the colon. In my play and most belly-inflation videos, there is no camera snake being inserted, so the risk of perforation, said to typically happen around the rectum and sigmoid, is non-existent.
From the same study, it is clear there is a very small risk of air embolism. The one study I can find that cites statistics says "we were able to identify 41 cases of air embolism in the published literature following various endoscopic procedures." It goes on to say the risk can be completely mitigated by using CO₂ instead of air.
Another, much older study talks about the risk of rupture from the pressure of the air. The critical figure: "a pressure of 169 mmHg (~3.25 psi) was required for disruption of the sigmoid". A glass syringe is capable of generating over 3 psi at the nozzle, but it's pushing 200–500 ml of air into an elastic cavity (the rectum) that typically holds 200–300 ml — so even with multiple injections you're unlikely to drive sigmoid pressure to 3 psi with a syringe alone.
All of that said, I'm not a clinician and I'm basing my understanding on experience and publicly available medical literature. I'd be more than happy to be corrected with more thorough or up-to-date sources.
Watch an air-inflation session
What is in the pink/blue/black/red enema mixture? What is in the enema goo?
All of the mixtures start with a base of normal saline (9 g/L of preservative-free salt). For goo, different thickening agents are used — either corn starch or tapioca starch. Beyond this, the ingredients are a trade secret.
One caution on the coloring: not all food colorings behave the same way, and I've had some irritate the gut. With a new one, introduce it on its own and in a small amount, and stop if there is any sign of irritation.
See the goo in action
Is it safe to put boba pearls in an enema?
Boba (tapioca) pearls are among the safer food items for enema play. When cooked without sugar and coated in lubricant, they're soft, solid, and non-sticky. The digestive system is naturally adapted to expel solids of similar consistency.
Very few foods pose significant risks for rectal insertion. If food enemas were causing serious medical problems, you'd expect to see case reports in the literature. Instead, emergency medicine reports on retained foreign objects are dominated by non-food items like vibrators and glass containers.
As with any insertion play, use adequate lubrication and listen to your body.
Equipment
Where can I get glass enema syringes?
I got my current batch of syringes from AliExpress.
I've also gotten them from amazon.jp using a Japanese proxy shipping service. Search for 浣腸 (kancho, Japanese for enema) on amazon.jp or Rakuten and you'll find them.
As of December 2024, I found 200 ml glass syringes on US Amazon as well. Avoid the ones with luer-lock tips — you want the simple tapered nozzle style for enema use.
See a glass syringe in use
Isn't a glass syringe dangerous? What if it breaks?
In more than 10 years of giving enemas with glass syringes, I've only had two or three break. All of them broke while being cleaned and all of these breaks were at the shoulder where the plunger goes into the barrel.
I made a video on glass syringe care that explains how to minimise the risk of this happening. You can find it here.
Watch a glass-syringe enema
Can I use a glass syringe on myself?
If you are flexible, you probably could. That's not really what they are designed for, though. Depending on the angle, you are going to find it very hard to keep the plunger in the syringe, which will increase the chance of breakage. You will also find it challenging to refill and finding a comfortable insertion angle where you don't encounter resistance is going to be difficult as well.
If you want to get a syringe for self-administering enemas, you are much better off with a plastic version. You could also attach a longish silicone tube to the nozzle of your glass syringe and use that to fix some of the angle problems. However, it will still be difficult to refill and you'll lose one of the most entertaining aspects of using glass — the ability to add quick follow-up shots of enema water.
Where can I get a Coloclean 3000?
I used to get these from medtech3000.de. They were the manufacturer and the only place to get them. They've been discontinued.
See the Coloclean in action
I'm using an enema bag, but it doesn't work very well.
Height is the most important factor to improve flow when trying to drain an enema bag. If it isn't emptying, or is flowing very slowly, try raising the height of the bag.
Watch an enema bag in use
Why don't you use a butt plug on your leaking submissive?
It's a common misconception that butt plugs are effective in helping a sub retain a high-volume enema. They aren't. At best, with a sub who has a natural ability to retain, they will look pretty. At worst, they'll make it much harder for them to control the water.
Why don't you ever give your subs shower-head enemas?
They're difficult to control and the pressure often makes them uncomfortable. You also can't mix anything in with the water. I find them suitable as a quick punishment for a sub who has come to love/crave other types of enemas, but I wouldn't use them very often.
Models / Enema Bunnies / Submissives
How do you find people to do this with?
I find people through the usual BDSM channels. I'm active on Fetlife and I go to events. I also have a model call page on this site. It's not easy. Enemas are a niche interest and many people are put off by the idea. However, I've been doing this for a while and I've built up a reputation for being safe, sane and consensual. That helps a lot.
All of that said, it is possible to find people who are into it, but you have to visibly demonstrate some competence with it. As I say below: "I have a lot of content to share with them that shows what it is like. I ask nicely and I have a lot of information online about what a typical scene involves."
Where do you find the enema bunnies in your videos?
All over the place. I use Fetlife, modelling sites, dating apps, reddit and so on.
I've been doing this long enough that people curious about enemas sometimes reach out after discovering the content online.
Both found me through unconventional paths
But I just want someone to play with?
This came up on the enemas subreddit recently. What follows was my response.
The fetish is perceived, incorrectly, as somewhat high risk. It also suffers from widely held misconceptions that enemas are always dirty, messy and/or impossible to control. This is a recipe for a style of play that people fantasize about but are afraid to try in person. Of the people who approach me asking to play, only about one in eight or 10 actually go through with it. The ones that do are seriously into it, though.
Another challenge is that almost everyone you meet who you might want to play with has zero experience with enemas. You're likely to be the first person they've ever done it with. Given the levels of anxiety about it, you'd do well to have a few low-stakes conversations about it before you get to playing. This might work against you if your partner does not know you are looking for other play partners.
All of that said, it is possible to find people who are into it, but you have to visibly demonstrate some competence with it. I have a lot of content to share with them that shows what it is like. I ask nicely and I have a lot of information online about what a typical scene involves.
How do you get them to take enemas?
I have a lot of content to share with them that shows what it is like. I ask nicely and I have a lot of information online about what a typical scene involves.
Can I have the name/contact details of one of your models?
No. Stop asking.
I want to meet one of the models
It's possible to come watch a session being filmed. You have to have a Fetlife profile that clearly shows you've got experience at events. You also have to be able to provide a couple of references of similarly well-developed profiles who can tell us about you. Once we've verified your experience and checked your references you'll be invited to come to a session. The fee to secure your place is $1000, non-refundable and payable in advance. Once you've paid, we will send you the location details. We film all over the US, and occasionally in Europe.
You will NOT be allowed to touch or interact with the model physically.
Do you do private sessions?
Beacon and I will be offering private sessions at this year's Enema Convention (eCon) in Florida, November 12 to 15, 2026. The dates, the event listing and the address to write to are on the eCon page. Anything beyond that we'd rather talk about over email than put on a public page.
Do you work with natal males?
We don't work with natal males. If you're looking for a Domme who does this style of play, we'd recommend Mistress Sweet T or Miss Xmas on FetLife — both specialize in it.