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Lube: Should You Use It or Lose It?

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Is There a Good Lube?

Most lube is not regulated in the US on humans. It has to be tested on animals. Some advice don't use silicone lubrication with silicone sex toys apparently it can dissolve the surface which makes a really bad surface for bacterial growth. And then when you open a condom and it's pre-lubed it's usually silicone lube because it lasts so much longer. However not all are certified latex safe meaning with a condom. There's at least no current evidence that shows they increase the risk of HIV transmission.

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Speaker 1
I remember
Speaker 2
where I was the first time I used that on my whole. Was it in Detroit? Yeah oh my god I was screaming. This can't be good. So like I know I always when I'm buying lube I'm like okay well I'm skipping over the ones that have like a goddamn hot pepper on them because like what that's not the vibe but like also I was reading about what was in those and it was like really confusing and there wasn't much research on it that to me personally I was like I'm gonna avoid that. Like when there's the hot when it was like heating and cooling when I was reading trying to find studies about the ingredients it like wasn't very clear. There weren't very many studies. There's not that much studies
Speaker 1
on this in general. Most lube is not regulated in the US on humans. It has to be tested on animals. I know apparently it's guinea pigs. And then I know I'm almost like are they in rabbit up there?
Speaker 2
I know I'm so sorry the saddest part about science
Speaker 1
is just actually I don't think it I don't think they are because I feel like I read using a lot of lubes lubes as anal lube is considered like a what do you say like not the proper they would say not the proper use they're just saying like this is not the intended use so they're studying it for other
Speaker 2
cases. I just can't believe how people like oh you're gonna go be the guinea pig I'm like they're literally testing lube on guinea pig. Everything it's just not animals. I know. Should we do an episode about animal testing and it'll be the most depressing episode ever. But anyways lube is good. Okay
Speaker 1
final kind or like in the three main this is number three silicone. Okay so it contains no water and it's not absorbed into the skin or mucus membrane. Cool. For this reason typically lasts longer like you don't need
Speaker 2
to reactivate it or use more.
Speaker 1
However not all are certified latex safe meaning
Speaker 2
with a condom yeah in a
Speaker 1
good way they there's at least no current evidence that shows they increase the risk of HIV transmission. Some advice don't use silicone lubrication with silicone sex toys apparently it can dissolve the surface which makes a really bad surface for bacterial growth. And then when you open a condom and it's pre-lubed it's usually silicone lube because it lasts so much longer. So that's why and it's and it's typically compatible with latex so like if it if a condom is pre-lubed it's probably that.
Speaker 2
Huh.

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