21 Nipple Orgasm Techniques To Have A Nipple Orgasm

Below are 21 tips and techniques you can use to give yourself (or your partner) a nipple orgasm during masturbation, foreplay, and sex. The ideas below range from vanilla to ultra-kinky.

1. Before You Begin – Bra or No Bra?

What personally feels most erotic (and comfortable) for you before you start focusing on your nipples?

• Wearing your most comfortable/favorite bra or one that’s thin or cut low so you can stimulate through the fabric?
• Wearing lingerie?
• Not wearing a bra?
• In other PJs or even the ratty old tee you wear to bed that allows easy access?

Have a think about this. In a way, choosing the right bra is a type of foreplay, helping you to pay attention to your breasts and nipples before you start touching them.

Read: 22 foreplay to get completely aroused.

2. Nipple Foreplay

For masturbation and sex, when you are horny beforehand, reaching orgasm is a lot easier.

This also applies to nipple orgasms. When you are already aroused and in the mood (how to get in the mood for sex), you are going to find it a lot easier to come.

Everything from showering (12 shower sex positions) to having a self-care routine to reading your favorite sex stories to sexting can act as foreplay and get you in the mood.

With this in mind, you may want to explore some of these foreplay tips to get yourself in the mood.

If you’re a guy, you may want to learn how to help your female partner get turned on.

3. Massage And Caress Your Nipples (And Breasts)

The next step is to start touching and caressing your breasts and nipples in a way that feels enjoyable to you. Some ways to caress your breasts/nipples:

• Run your hands over them, brushing against them
• Run your fingertips over your nipples
• Gently grab and hold your breasts
• Lightly squeeze your boobs in your hand
• Rolling your nipples gently between your thumb and index finger

Change how much pressure you use while playing with your breasts and nipples to see what you prefer. Some nipple play ideas to try:

• Try a feather-lite touch
• Be firm
• Use intense pressure (9 intense sex techniques)

Play around with different intensities until you find what you enjoy the most.

You don’t necessarily have to take your bra/top off to caress your nipples and breasts. Moving the fabric over your skin can be a unique sensation in itself. Of course, without your bra/top, it allows for skin-on-skin contact:

Learn: Erotic massage techniques.

4. Squeezing, Pinching & Pulling Your Nipples

Once you are fully aroused and your nipples are erect/hard, you can experiment with being a little rougher on them.

Squeezing – Start by gently grabbing your nipple between your fingertips and lightly squeezing it, then releasing the pressure. Try repeating this a few times, or switch it up by starting gently and squeezing harder until you can no longer stand it, then letting go.

How does it feel?

For many, the slight pain is highly arousing and can bring you closer to orgasm.

With nails – This is similar to squeezing, except you are also involving your fingernails, which can add to the pain/pleasure. Experiment by softly pinching your nipples and then releasing the pressure, which you can do multiple times. If you really like it intense, you can drag your nails down the length of your nipples.

Pulling – While squeezing/pinching your nipples, try lightly pulling them at the same time. This will add a further sensation that some women (and men) enjoy. You can also continue to pull until your fingers slide off your nipples, letting your breasts bounce back slightly.

Does everyone like squeezing, pinching, and pulling their nipples? – Some folks adore squeezing, pinching, and pulling their nipples. For others, it’s hell. If you don’t particularly enjoy it, don’t focus too hard on “trying to make it work.” Just move on and try other techniques

5. Kissing, Licking & Sucking Your Nipples

Toys exist that imitate sucking and licking. These can feel realistic, especially when you add a little lube.

Kissing – Your partner can use their mouth in a bunch of different ways to kiss your nipples. They can:

• Kiss your nipple by gently pressing their lips over it.
• Wet their lips first for a different sensation.
• Brush their lips over your nipple to tease it.
• Massage your nipples with their lips.

Licking – Your partner can lick your nipples with their tongue. It’s a great way to have a nipple orgasm.

Why?

It gives you a totally different sensation thanks to the roughness of their taste buds combined with the wetness/slickness of their saliva. Here are a few ways your partner can lick your nipples to orgasm:

• For the most part, they should keep their tongue wet with saliva, but they can experiment with keeping it drier for rougher sensations.
• They can circle their tongue around your areola without licking your nipple. This is a great way to tease your partner.
• They can slowly and gently run their tongue over your nipples.
• They can use a back-and-forth motion with their tongue on your nipples.
• They can flick your nipple with their tongue.
• They can massage your nipple with their tongue.
• They can experiment by keeping their tongue flat and wide or using just the tip, perhaps curling it.

Sucking – Having your nipples sucked can be incredibly intense and push you over the edge into a nipple orgasm. Your partner can try these sucking techniques:

• Wrap their lips around your nipple and start sucking in a rhythmic way.
• If you have an erotic lactation kink, you can pretend to breastfeed
• Sucking your nipple into their mouth and then using their tongue to play with it

Combine techniques – You don’t need to only perform one nipple orgasm technique at a time. You can combine them:

• Have your partner alternate between kissing, licking, and sucking to stimulate your nipples in multiple ways.
• Start by teasing your nipples with gentle grazes from their lips and tongue before slowly moving towards sucking them. This teasing and grazing will make your nipples hard, making them easier to suck.

6. Blowing

This one also requires a partner.

Once your partner starts kissing, licking, and sucking on your nipples, they will naturally get wet from their saliva.

A great way for your partner to surprise you is to then pull back a bit and slowly blow air on your wet nipple by pursing their lips. This will give a cooling sensation to your nipples. This cooling sensation can help to make your nipples hard, too.

But they can also breathe through a wide-open mouth to create a warming sensation.

7. Teeth…

Having your partner use their teeth to stimulate your nipples can be risky.

Some love it.

Some hate it.

The key is to start very gently and get your feedback before moving on to the more intense stuff. The last thing you want them to do is to hurt when a breast orgasm is the goal! Here are the steps I recommend:

• Have them lightly brush their teeth over your nipples, even grazing the length of your nipple. Let them know if you enjoy it.
• Softly press your nipple between their lip and teeth. Make sure to use minimal pressure.

Holding your nipple between their teeth can be risky. If they slip (or you do), they may really hurt you. You both need to be careful when trying this.

But if you like the intensity, they can graze the length of your nipple while applying slight pressure with their top and bottom teeth.

8. Sensation Play

Sensation play is great if you want to experience…

New sensations.

There are a lot of options you can use for sensation play on your nipples.

• Feathers – Use a feather to slowly tickle and tease your nipples.
• Silk, velvet, and other fabrics – Gently pull a piece of fabric over your nipples.
• Ice – Run an ice cube over and around your nipples and feel the water run down as the ice melts. Ice is also great for making your nipples hard. Ice too cold? Try a glass or metal dildo that transmits cold less intensely.
• Hot wax – Slowly drip wax onto your nipple. Be careful to use only candles specifically designed for sensation play so the wax is not too hot.
• Light finger tips – Run your fingertips over your nipples very lightly.

The nipple orgasm ideas above are just scratching the surface of sensation play. Ultimately, you can use any safe material to provide new sensations.

It doesn’t have to be soft and smooth, either. Hard materials such as plastic or metal and those with variable textures can feel really interesting. You can even make a guessing game out of it if you’re blindfolded.

9. Lube Or Massage Oil

If you like a slicker feeling when building up to a nipple orgasm, try using a few drops of massage oil or lube. Water-based can get sticky, so stick to silicone or oil-based lubes.

Rub it between your fingers and then put a drop on your nipple or lightly coat your entire breast.

You can use many of the same techniques from the section on squeezing, pinching, and pulling your nipples.

You’ll also find sensation lubes that warm, cool, tingle, etc. You may want to check out our guide on how to use lube.

10. Cum On Your Nipples and Breasts

If you are feeling particularly kinky, you can have your partner ejaculate onto your tits and then use their come as lube to help bring you to a nipple orgasm.

More: 23 freaky sex ideas to try along with breast play.

11. Use A Vibrator

Vibrators are a godsend for having nipple orgasms.

If you find that you aren’t experiencing enough stimulation and can’t have a nipple orgasm, then try using your vibrator on your nipples. I have an entire guide on how to use a vibrator vaginally, but there are a bunch of ways to use your vibrator for nipple masturbation.

Circling – Start by teasing your nipples. Apply stimulation around them, but not on them. Try moving your vibrator so that it circles your nipple, running over your breast and areola, before you make contact with your nipple.

Indirect stimulation – If you find direct contact from your vibrator on your nipple to be too intense, try placing some clothing between it and your nipple, like a bra or blouse.

Direct stimulation – Of course, you can also place your vibrator directly on your nipple.

Suction toys – Some women adore using suction vibrators on their nipples, and it’s also good for male nipple stimulation. Suction toys can provide a lot of stimulation without feeling too intense. Not all of them vibrate, but some offer both functions.

12. Nipple toys

There are other sex toys you can use to help you climax from nipple stimulation:

Nipple clamps – These are like clothespins that you use for securing your wet clothes to a washing line, except they are specifically designed for your nipples. When used, they firmly grip and squeeze your nipples. Depending on how tight they grip/squeeze your nipple, they can cause considerable pain, which is…

Great if pain helps you to orgasm, but terrible if you don’t like pain.

Side note: If you enjoy pain during sex, then you may want to explore sadomasochism.

Removing a nipple clamp can also cause a different sensation, as blood rushes back into your nipple area.

To add some variation, you can try vibrating nipple clamps, adding weight to the clamps for increased sensation, and even using clothes pegs.

Nipple suckers – These nipple toys are small tubes placed over your nipple, and then have the air removed from them. This causes a vacuum that “sucks” your nipple into the vacuum tube, leaving it swollen and possibly more sensitive.

Electrostimulation – This is the stimulation of your nipples with small bursts of electricity. Zappers, neon wands, and violet wands with or without attachments are all options.

Breast pump – If you enjoy the sensations you receive from a breast pump, why not use it to help you experience a nipplegasm?

13. BDSM play

If BDSM helps you to get off and climax during sex, then consider using it when trying to have a nipple stimulation orgasm.

Bondage – Do you enjoy it when you are restrained or tied in bondage while your partner stimulates your nipples?

If you answered, “Yes,” then…

Then bondage may help you to have powerful nipple orgasms.

Our bondage guide for beginners will help get you started, and these 17 bondage positions will give you some ideas on how to restrain your partner during sex.

Discipline – Sometimes, being punished or disciplined is what sends you over the edge. Instead of spanking you on the butt when you misbehave, perhaps your partner could:

Slap, flog, flick, pinch, and even whip your nipples?

Learn: Impact play and erotic spanking.

Domination/submission – Many couples enjoy exploring a Dominant/submissive dynamic during sex. You can also explore D/s when trying to have a nipple orgasm. Some ideas:

• Your partner can dominantly take your clothes off and go straight to sucking, kissing, and licking your nipples.
• Handcuff your submissive partner, grab their head, and direct their mouth to your nipples, instructing them how you want them sucked.
• Sit down on a sofa, then get your submissive partner to lie down with their head in your lap. Cradle their head and stroke their hair to sensually dominate them as you breastfeed them.

Discover: How to be a great dom and how to be a perfect sub.

Sadism/masochism – If pain helps you to orgasm, then you may be a masochist. Your partner can use some of the following masochistic ideas to satisfy your urges while giving you a nipple orgasm:

• Flicking your nipples
• Pinching your nipples
• Biting your nipples
• Twisting your nipples
• Using nipples clamps
• Flogging, paddling, or whipping your nipples

14. Include Your Fetishes

A great way to increase your pleasure is to incorporate your fetishes and kinks when stimulating your nipples.

Exploring your exhibitionist kink, foot fetish, humiliation kink, or sensory deprivation can give you stronger orgasms while keeping sex exciting.

Go deeper: Full list of kinks.

15. Muscle Flexing

This one is a little out of left field, but people have reported it working.

To increase sensation when trying to have a nipple orgasm, you can flex your chest muscles.

See if you can squeeze and tense your pectoral muscles (the muscles underneath your breasts) as you stimulate your nipples.

If it works for you, great! If not, then just try another nipple orgasm technique.

Speaking of working and not working….

16. Edging

Edging is a great way to tease yourself and also heighten your orgasm.

To edge yourself, you start by bringing yourself very close to a nipple orgasm (without climaxing) and then back off the stimulation.

Then you do it again, bringing yourself close to orgasm without actually orgasming, before backing off.

You can do this over and over, until.

One time, you go all the way and allow yourself to have a nipple orgasm, which will feel way more intense than a normal nipple orgasm because of all the teasing beforehand.

More: How to edge yourself and experience powerful orgasms.

17. Consistency & Tweaking

I have two super-helpful pieces of advice you can use as you get closer to having a nipple orgasm

1. Consistency – If you don’t have nipple orgasms with ease, then consistency is your friend.

If you start to feel close to reaching orgasm in any way:

Maintain the same consistency of movement and stimulation on your nipples. This way, you won’t shock or distract yourself from reaching orgasm.

If your partner is the one providing the stimulation, then you may need to explain the importance of consistency to them.

2. Tweaking – Right as you are about to nipple orgasm, literally 1-2 seconds beforehand, try increasing the pressure and sensation on your nipples (aka tweaking your nipples).

• For some people (masochists), who are aroused and can orgasm from experiencing pain, this means increasing the pain you are experiencing just before you experience a nipple orgasm.
• For those who enjoy pleasure, this could mean pressing the vibrator harder on your nipples or massaging them a bit quicker.

18. If You Struggle To Have Nipple Orgasms

If you’re struggling to have a nipple orgasm, there are a few things that can help.

Regular orgasm first – One way to help have a nipple orgasm is to first experience a regular orgasm. This means learning how to cum first before you look into how to have a nipple orgasm. Otherwise, it’s like trying to walk before you can even crawl.

How to orgasm: Rather than repeating myself, you may want to learn how to masturbate and also check out these orgasm tips if you are struggling to orgasm.

For some women, once they’ve had an orgasm, the next one is easier.

Bring yourself to the brink – Another method if you’re struggling to have a nipple orgasm is to masturbate/finger yourself close to the point of orgasm while at the same time playing with your nipples.

Then, as you are about to orgasm, stop fingering yourself and rely only on nipple stimulation to push you over the edge.

Give yourself more time – Some women (and men) need a longer time to get in the mood, aroused and ready to have a nipple orgasm. It may take you thirty minutes or even a full hour of nipple stimulation in order to have a nipple orgasm.

That’s perfectly normal. The key is not stressing about how long it takes you to experience a nipple orgasm.

19. How To Make Your Nipples Sensitive

I’d love to give you a simple answer. The truth:

There is no easy way to make your nipples more sensitive. Some things that may work to make them more sensitive include:

• Regularly stimulating them during masturbation to associate stimulation with sexual pleasure
• Piercing your nipple
• Try a product made to increase nipple sensitivity.
• If your nipples are more sensitive during some parts of your cycle, focus on trying to have nipple orgasms during those times.

Ultimately, your results will vary with these techniques.

Getting your nipples hard first may be the easiest way to temporarily increase sensitivity, however.

20. Make Your Nipples Hard

Learning how to make your nipples hard is very straightforward.

They will naturally get hard when they’re cold, but there is a problem…

Cold nipples are often painful when touched/rubbed. So, having cold nipples is often not helpful when trying to have a nipple orgasm.

A better way to make your nipples hard is to use some of the techniques I already mentioned:

• Rubbing
• Sucking
• Caressing
• Licking
• Gentle nibbling
• Flicking
• Pinching

However, you can often make your nipples hard without touching them at all. Nipples usually become erect when we shiver, so a light touch or breeze can do the trick if it makes you shiver. Even if it doesn’t touch your nipples.

But don’t try to make your nipples hard if you find it uncomfortable or painful. Nipple orgasms can still be fun without hard nipples.

21. Make Your Nipples Less Sensitive

For some people, it’s hard to have a nipple orgasm when your nipples are too sensitive. When they are too sensitive, nipple/breast stimulation is painful. If you’re one of these people, try the following tips to get nipple pleasure and not pain.

• Stimulate your nipples through fabric such as a t-shirt, bra, or sheet.
• Avoid breast play during the times in your cycle when your breasts and nipples are too sensitive.
• Make sure the room isn’t too cold, which can make them painfully erect and prevent you from having an orgasm from stimulating your nipples.
• Stick to teasing your nipples gently or indirectly, rather than more direct and intense breast foreplay or nipple massage.

Ultimately, you’ll need to use trial and error to figure out how to have a nipple orgasm.

Some Techniques Will Work For You, Others Won’t

Everyone’s body is built differently and responds to different kinds of stimulation.

With this in mind…

Some of the nipple orgasm tips and techniques in this guide will work really well for you, while others won’t feel so good.

This is completely normal.

Keep using the techniques that work for you, forget about the ones that don’t, and keep experimenting with other techniques. You just might discover how to give yourself a nipple orgasm after quite a lot of experimentation.

As always, make sure to talk to your partner and give them feedback on what works and doesn’t work to help you experience nipple orgasms. Real communication and experience are almost always more helpful than simply reading a nipple orgasm tutorial like this one.