Can vibrators and dildos cause some kind of vaginal infection?
2006-11-10 12:14:48 · 12 answers · asked by Inquisitor 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
As others have said, it's possible if they're not washed properly. And toys of some materials are more susceptible to infection transmission than are others.
Materials like hard plastic and silicone are non-porous, making it difficult for bacteria to live on them. Moreover, plastic can be washed with antibacterial soap, and silicone can be boiled for sterilization.
Materials like elastomer, rubber, vinyl, "jelly," and cyberskin, on the other hand, are porous, which makes them difficult to clean well. Some toy experts, like those at Toys in Babeland (linked below), recommend that people use condoms over these toys to be safest.
2006-11-10 12:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by frolicnaked 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are the only one that uses them it is highly unlikely that you could get an infection from their use. It is a simple matter to clean them after use.
2006-11-11 06:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just keep them clean and dont transfer them from back to front
2006-11-10 20:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by Braddock52 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they aren't cleaned after use. Make sure you wash them with either iso alchohol or do what my wife and I do and run them through the dishwasher.
2006-11-10 20:17:23 · answer #4 · answered by TrainerMan 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Only if batteries leak.
2006-11-10 20:17:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...if you share them with others....don't clean them....and if you don't use lube of some sort. It is possible....Not common, but possible.
2006-11-10 20:17:21 · answer #6 · answered by Amelia Rose's Mama 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes its possible you should always make sure you sanitize each tine before you use it
2006-11-10 20:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by jennifertrinitysky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe if you don't clean them after you use them.
2006-11-10 20:17:14 · answer #8 · answered by maryjane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, especially if they are not clean or you are not clean.
2006-11-10 20:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by Insane Truths 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you dont wash them
2006-11-10 20:19:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋