Is refrigerated cum safe?
January 21, 2008
I get into more extreme cum play. For example it turns me on if my top has saved up some cum from jacking off and uses it on me for different things during raunchy type play. Years ago, when HIV first started to get publicized I had read that after it has been out of an incubating body for some time, the HIV virus dies, or at least is rendered highly less infective. Is that true? I've been in scenes before where a top has saved up some cum, perhaps as old as a couple weeks, and used it as lube on me. I test regularly and have always been negative, but now you've got me worried.
There are no guidelines as to the safety of using refrigerated cum as a salad dressing, nor are there any accepted standards for when it is safe to use as a lubricant. There's a reason why hospitals dispose of sharps rather than reuse them several weeks later--you can't be sure they're clean. The same goes with cum. Letting cum sit around for a few weeks is not an acceptable substitute for safe sex.
A doctor might be able to give you more specific information regarding how long bacteria and viruses can live outside of the body, but the answers may vary according to the conditions that the cum is stored in. Even a minute change in temperature may mean a significant difference in how long a virus can survive.
Fortuantely AIDS isn't a worry in this case. HIV dies after a few minutes away from the body. Other diseases may survive much longer, and there isn't an easy way to control for the risks when engaging in time-delayed raunchy cum play.
Generally speaking though, treat the refrigerated cum as being just as risky (with the exception of HIV) as it was when it was fresh. If you would have protected yourself at the time, it's probably a good idea to protect yourself later as well.
A doctor might be able to give you more specific information regarding how long bacteria and viruses can live outside of the body, but the answers may vary according to the conditions that the cum is stored in. Even a minute change in temperature may mean a significant difference in how long a virus can survive.
Fortuantely AIDS isn't a worry in this case. HIV dies after a few minutes away from the body. Other diseases may survive much longer, and there isn't an easy way to control for the risks when engaging in time-delayed raunchy cum play.
Generally speaking though, treat the refrigerated cum as being just as risky (with the exception of HIV) as it was when it was fresh. If you would have protected yourself at the time, it's probably a good idea to protect yourself later as well.
