Is it safe?

[YoungPantyBoy]

What are some safe lubes? Do you think lotion would be a safe anal lube?

[CardiffBoy]

Originally Posted by YoungPantyBoy

What are some safe lubes? Do you think lotion would be a safe anal lube?

Lotion can cover a vast range of items, but I think the best course of action is to avoid using lotion anywhere inside the body.

A petroleum jelly could be used, but is difficult to wash away, and may still harbour infections if not properly cleaned away. As I dont know what you are planning to lube up with it, I must point out that stuff like vaseline damages latex, so would decrease the protection from STIs if used on a condom

The best sort of lube to be used anally would be water based. eg KY Jelly, easily obtainable in large supermarkets or chemists. There are also specific personal lubricants available, designed to be used for just that sort of use. You would probably find them in the same section as condoms in the shop.

Hope that helps a bit, and Im sorry for jumping in on your advice thread Nelly!

[nellybell]

So, I would have posted my answer last night buuuut I sort of hit the point where english turns into gibberish. With everything that can be included with this I was trying not to screw it up.

So, to start off with, the safest option will always be to just go to a store and buy some. Many stores carry it, you don't have to ask anyone for it, and with self checkouts you don't even have to have the cashier see it. It is also usually inexpensive. Water based is generally viewed as safest and favorite.

If that is the road you're interested in taking, this site has a lot of good just basic information about what kind of lubes can be used with what. Also what ingredients in certain lubes can cause irritaion or yest infections in women.
http://www.babeland.com/shoppingadvice/lubeadvice

So I've been looking A LOT for correct information for what is or isn't safe to use as lube. I have to say that for almost everything there are two sides for each. Unless store bought everything has it's ups and downs, and even some of the store bought ones have little things you have to watch out for too. Those however can be found in the above link. So I can't garuntee everything is spot on.

So here goess the list of what I've found that can be used and the ups and downs of them:

Lotion:
So, I had an earlier discussion about this with Leopard and we pretty much figured out that some that are more ok to use than others. All lotions have chemicals in them that half of us couldn't even come close to pronouncing. After looking some of them up I've found that while some of them are relitively safe there are some that aren't as much.

I would suggest that you go with the simpliest you can find if you feel you must use it. No pretty smells, no extra additives that make it absorb better. Also don't go for really cheep stuff either, they could be full of filler chemicals that could be much more harmful. If the words "For external use only" appear on it doesn't use for anal lube.

So, not suggested, but if you have truely nothing else for anal lube than I suppose it is better than nothing.

For guys, it should be ok for regular masterbating to avoid chafing and such as long as you avoid getting it into your urethra. That wouldn't be too pleasent feeling. Girls, this could also screw with vaginal pH so I would avoid it for non-anal playing.

Cooking oils:
Something that I found while looking was that people were mentioning Things such as vegetable, olive, and coconut oil. These things can be found in most homes and have usually no chemicals, plus they are things that usually pass through your digestive system anyway. Things such as butter and crisco where also mentioned. Make sure that the oils are pure and with no extra stuff added in.

While these can provide good lubrication it was also pointed out that these are less likely to disssipate quickly and could hang around and allow bateria to grow. I think this may be on the lower chance side of happening, but it couldn't hurt to take a little extra time in the shower to make sure you're clean in that area after playing :3

A few warnings though. This shouldn't be used in or around the vaginal area. They can cause an imbalance in pH as well and give bacteria a nice place to grow too. See one of the above post for vaginal health for more information. The oils can also cause damage to latex so keep that in mind if you're thinking of using it in combination with condoms.

Vaseline/Petroleum Jelly:
I'm Not so sure about using this as lube, but I would say no for the sake of lack of knowledge and clean up. Vaseline has a melting point above the bodies normal temperature so it could easily build up in clumps and just be a mess. I would keep it for outside of the body only.

Baby oil:
I didn't find much on this either, but as it is meant for use on very sensitive baby's skin it should be more on the safe side? This is another substance where all I got was that they said it was ok to use. Nothing else. So it is a tenitive yes.

Spit:
While this is very commonly used, it may not really be as great as some people think. This can be found on the link earlier in the post. "While spit is cheap, and you may have seen non-stop spit-fests in porn movies, the reality is that spit dries out pretty quickly and can leave genitals feeling even drier afterwards. If someone has oral herpes, using spit as lube poses a threat of infection to your partner." Not suggested but will work in a pinch I suppose but becareful and relube often.

So, this is pretty much all I can think of, I'm very sorry it took so long and is such a long post but there was a lot of information. PM me for anything that might need to be changed or if anything should be added and I will edit it.

[Star Shadows]

"Is it safe to use nail polish on your clit as a punishment? I did this once when it was little and I can't recall the feeling so I want to try it and see how it feels now, but I'm worried it might be harmful. Would it be more or less harmful than toothpaste?"

This is another that came up in the anonymous SM advice section, I can do a short one there and refer them here If you want to take a crack at it. Delegation is key !

[nellybell]

Originally Posted by Star Shadows

"Is it safe to use nail polish on your clit as a punishment? I did this once when it was little and I can't recall the feeling so I want to try it and see how it feels now, but I'm worried it might be harmful. Would it be more or less harmful than toothpaste?"

I actually have already written something on this before, it was just a matter of finding it again. Which I somehow managed to do, soooo here goes.

Alright, to start out, There was a separate thread started on this here : http://www.getdare.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=51306

Originally Posted by Anjelen

You're using paint on skin - paint in fact that's known for it having to be strong enough when applied to deal with the rigors of an office day without chipping (too much).

Like any product that wasn't developed to be applied for skin and particularly not developed for skin so delicate as the genital skin - it can, potentially, have some harmful effects.

For safety's sake i would urge you to switch to something along the lines of an eyeliner pencil, or - for something a little more permanent - a marker without additives to the ink.

Originally Posted by cara.loverin1989

Nail polish, so i have read, is very dangerous on skin. It has no effects on the skin around a nail because it is a little different than other areas. If nail polish is left on skin in med to large patches it can lead to skin cancer. Plus, nail polish removers are also semi harmful in sensitive areas. So, in short, dont do it!

I have to agree with what both of those posts. On a different thread this was also added In response to someone elses thoughts:

No worries on nailpolish. It hurts a little (due to the solvent) but no permanent issues. Have done it & is not a problem. Kinda cool in fact.

Originally Posted by nellybell

Anything that causes pain by simply putting it on your skin is a BAD idea. Not only that, but if you have some cuts on your skin and you apply it over it can enter your blood stream. Last time I checked benzene and formaldehyde weren't things you wanted to spread over yourself, especially not your genitals, last time I checked they were both rather toxic.

Just because something is widely accepted in use doesn't always make it safe, learn what you're putting yourself in connact with.

I went looking for articles on this, and now I don't even want to use nail polish on my finger nails... I sugest you check it out before you go puting it everywhere... I have a feeling you won't wish to anymore.

http://www.articlesbase.com/nails-ar...h-2796199.html

http://keralaclick.com/blog/2008/12/...#axzz0uxGsp8CP

After you've read those tell me they're safe. That there are no worries. Just because you didn't immedietly drop dead doesn't mean there isn't anything that happend...

The links in that quote should give you all the information you need to turn you away from the idea of using nail poilish for anything but your nails and may even stop you from that.

Now as for it being safer than toothpaste, I would have to say yes. Though tooth paste can have some icky stuff in it, the nail poilish has even worse. There is a post about tooth paste above if you're still courious, and you should be safe with it, just keep it for more or less external use and wash good after you're done.

[webcamplayer]

As time goes by on here the dares get more ludicrous and the sole purpose of many people's time on here is seemingly to outgross each other by saying they do things that they clearly do not. Sadly this means that the more gullible among us are likely to then the more ridiculous/gross/dangerous dares thinking they are ok. I just have this feeling that it's simply a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. I hope I'm wrong. The fact that there is no age restriction on the site really doesn't help.

[Id.]

What do you think about the safety of this dare, using an electric dog collar? I know there are a lot of electric toys out there, both designed specifically for BDSM and improvised. But what do you think about the dog collar?

The collar must be designed in such a way that would not be harmful to a dog, so one would think that it would be a gentle enough shock to be relatively safe for a human who is generally larger. On the other hand, I wonder if one wrong electrical impulse might make its way to the heart or something and become dangerous. Thoughts? And what electric toys are generally accepted as being safe for dares/bdsm, if any? What are the general safety concerns/precautions?

[Horsey]

Is it actually safe to use the bristle end of a hairbrush in your vagina?
Also just out of curiosity again is it safe to actually put toothpaste on the clit and inside the vagina?

[fred&ted]

Is it safe to lick a toilet with out cleaning it? Or should you clean it first.

I want to know because last time I did it, I cleaned it, I was fine but there wasn't much effect on me because it didn't taste bad so it felt like I was just licking something... So the question is, Is it safe to lick an unclean toilet?

[smokeyeager]

Originally Posted by fred&ted

Is it safe to lick a toilet with out cleaning it? Or should you clean it first.

I want to know because last time I did it, I cleaned it, I was fine but there wasn't much effect on me because it didn't taste bad so it felt like I was just licking something... So the question is, Is it safe to lick an unclean toilet?

It really depends on where you lick it and what your idea of clean, semi-clean, and dirty are.. The toilet seat would be the safest spot to lick but still not very safe. Inside the bowl would be pretty nasty and outside the bowl would be the medium. Mythbusters covered the toilet seat in an episode you can read about here http://mythbustersresults.com/hidden-nasties.

[nellybell]

Originally Posted by fred&ted

Is it safe to lick a toilet with out cleaning it? Or should you clean it first.

I want to know because last time I did it, I cleaned it, I was fine but there wasn't much effect on me because it didn't taste bad so it felt like I was just licking something... So the question is, Is it safe to lick an unclean toilet?

I think that licking a toilet that isn't clean sounds pretty unsafe without even having to ask. Depending on how dirty your toilet is you could be ingesting millions if not billions of tiny germs and bacteria, not to mention pleanty of urine and fecal matter.

Common bacteria that can be found on toilets include, but is not limited to:
~Shigellosis- can cause severe diarrhea and dysentery as well as inflamation of the intestines.
~Staphylococcus- the antibiotic strain is responsible for MRSA
~Salmonella-can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea

There is a problem, though, with cleaning the toilet then licking it, depending on what you clean it with/how you clean it.

While disinfectants will get rid of a fair amount of the ickies but it also leaves behind some of the chemicals. Many of those chemicals are certainly not something you would want to ingest and can make you just as sick if not more so than the things you're trying to not get sick from. Poisoning is a bad thing.

So, my only suggestion is, that, if you must lick a toilet, clean how you would regularly do so and then wipe down additionaly very well with a wet paper towel or something. The whole goal being that you get rid of the left over chemical residue.

Originally Posted by fred&ted

Ok, So I should clean it all before I lick it or anything.... Could you think of things that could give it a fowl taste while I lick it?

You can do a general google search for things that are bitter that you could easily pick up in a store. Things that do come to mind though are things like the peels off of citrus fruit. If you take the peel and run it kind of hard against the outside of the bowl you should get a slightly bitter taste off of it. Also, around this time of the year there is usually a fair amount of dandelions floating around. The insides of the steams usually are quite bitter and could be wiped on the bowl as well to get that nasty taste.

Then as for your cum being on the toilet, i suppose that could work? Still germs involved and if you have any STDs don't be putting your cum in your mouth because you can further spread it to the rest of your body. Otherwise you should be good.

[watsonkayla2000]

Is shoving a toilet brush up your vagina and pulling it quickly half way out and back in dangerous? it causes extraordinary pain after a while. almost feels like I am being punched up there repetivly hard.

[Leopard]

Obviously continually attempting to injure yourself is potentially damaging. If you scratch your skin enough times you will eventually tear through it.

[DJ-playmate]

People also need to remember that ice should be applied for no more than 15 minutes or risk tissue damage. I see dares that ask for ice to be applied for much longer than that.