Mutual grooming involves two individuals grooming each other.
Although you can reach any part of your body, and complete all the necessary grooming tasks by yourself, occasionally being groomed by someone else has some advantages;
• This person can inspect parts of your body that are out of your sight,
• The person grooming you may be in a better position to work on those areas,
• You can exchange tips, and share your knowledge,
• ...

There are three ways to groom:
• Pressure grooming
• Aquatic facial fold forcing
• Superficial grooming

Of the three, only superficial grooming can be performed on someone else.

Grooming is accomplished using sensations emanating:
• from the skin that is being groomed, and,
• from your nail and fingertip, as they manipulate the skin.

Pressure grooming and fold forcing depend heavily on the information you receive from the skin that is being groomed.
They cannot be performed without this input.
If someone were to pressure groom your skin, they would not have the necessary feedback, and they could hurt you badly.
You could even stay stuck with the pain, since you wouldn't even understand what the other person has done.

Therefore, it's too risky to let anyone pressure groom your skin.
Your most painful fold crossings are monstrous and very sensitive structures.
Only you can experience the sensations emanating from your skin that are meant to guide you in the right direction.
Only you can sense how much pressure to apply without hurting yourself.

I recommend that you do not use pressure grooming techniques during mutual grooming sessions, and stick to superficial grooming.
I wouldn't allow anyone to mess with my skin, even if I had complete trust in that person.
If you do, I predict that the work will be so inappropriate and ineffective that it will simply leave you in pain.

The two participants take turns at being;
•The groomer; the one performing the grooming,
•The groomee; the one being groomed.
Both should be experienced in grooming themselves.
Check that fingers and nails have been thoroughly cleaned.

In the wild, many animals groom each other in a way that is unfair and unequal; namely, who gets groomed and for how long.
For humans, I recommend using an equality rule, so that each performer grooms each other for an equal amount of time.
If someone grooms you for five minutes, you should immediately groom them for five minutes in return.

•The groomee decides which part of the body she or he wants groomed, and presents it to the groomer.
•The groomer approaches, and may need to adjust the groomee's position, to allow better access to the chosen region.
•In most cases, the groomer will need to secure a hold on the groomee's body, and even grasp and pull on the skin, so it can be worked on.

The most logically suited areas are those that one can't see or reach easily, but many others are also suitable.
As a rule, avoid touching:
• The region of the buttocks,
• The breast,
• The region of the sexual organs,
• The face.

• Align the nails of one or both hands to form a four finger grooming rake.
• Gently comb the surface of the groomee's skin with scraping strokes, covering one or two inch wide bands at each passage.
• Try to pass everywhere at least once.
• Check the skin for adverse reactions; all you're supposed to see are flakes of dead epidermis, and possibly some redness.
• When you encounter areas where your four fingers won't fit, simply reduce their number.

While doing this, the groomer will probably come upon all kinds of details; holes, bumps, lines, spots, ....
The groomee should be immediately advised of their presence.
They should only be explored lightly with one finger.
Interesting discussions can then take place regarding how to cure the problems, and on the best course of action to take.
However, this is no time for serious work on them, the groomee should take note of the locations and groom them herself/himself later.

The main reasons are the pleasure, the warmth, the company, the exchange of ideas, ...
Mutual grooming is fun.
Other advantages include;
• Having somebody inspect those hard-to-see places,
• Comparing their knowledge and experience with yours,
• You learn a lot about yourself by watching and collaborating with others,
• Mutual grooming is a welcomed change in your tedious grooming schedule,
• ...

The idea is to have both participants groom each other at the same time.
For this to work, the areas to be groomed on each individual must be accessible while one is grooming the other.

The grooming touch and the caressing touch are two different things.
They cannot be confused.
Grooming has nothing to do with sex.
Stay away from the other person's sexual organs.
If you feel that the other's gestures are improper or disrespectful, simply put an end to the mutual grooming session immediately.

Grooming is free.
I'm sure some people will try to take advantage of the situation, and offer paid grooming services.
Such a depraved and sinful attitude would be comparable to prostitution.
Furthermore, it wouldn't work, as explained above, and could potentially leave clients in considerable pain.
This is about respecting yourself, your body, and others.

When you look at the behavior of various primate species, you see mutual grooming almost everywhere.
Almost?
Unfortunately, one species, called humans, stopped grooming some time ago.
In the process, haven't they lost the habit of being close to one another, in a non-sexual relationship, close enough to touch and cooperate?
Part of mutual grooming involves collaborating with others in situations where they have difficulties doing so themselves.