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What are Side Effects of Vibrators?

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by Valerie Tandoi on November 7th, 2009

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According to Sciencedaily.com, 53 percent of women and 45 percent of men use vibrators during sex. Although vibrators help release sexual tension, be careful when using them.
Vaginal Infections
Always clean your vibrator thoroughly with unscented soap and water. This can prevent vaginal infections, such as vaginitis, or a urinary tract infection.
Clitoral Nerve Damage
Use your vibrator at a moderate speed. Using a vibrator too fast or too hard can cause clitoral nerve damage.
Swelling
Know your limitations. If you experience any pain, stop using your vibrator immediately. Using a vibrator too often and too vigorously can lead to swelling of the vulva or even result in injury.
Infections
Think of a vibrator as a toothbrush--it is not wise to share it. If you use a vibrator with your partner to spice up foreplay, consider a separate one for each of you. If you share, your partner's body fluids can remain on the vibrator, promoting the possible spread of any disease or infection.
Talk to the Doc
If you have any question about vibrator use, ask your gynecologist. Don't be embarrassed--they hear all sorts of personal questions. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
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Wellsphere: Vibrator Use
Science Daily: Vibrator Use
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by CatyGeeky on July 1st, 2010
You will consume too many batteries.
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- I am sure the side effect would be very very exciting if your partner watches. But after watching you, your partner could help take over and save on batteries :-P
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  by Love2goDownOnU on August 19th, 2011
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by Rankin37 on December 20th, 2010
ogasms and intense pleasure
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by Sarah M on July 30th, 2010
Quivering leg muscles and a need for clean sheets. (Unless I put a towel down first)
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by tirm on April 7th, 2011
you might not want a human again ,that would be terrible
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by Redtail95 on November 6th, 2010
If you use one of those gumming dildos, and you let it release inside you, you will have a rubber/plastic child.
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- that's one of the dumbest things i've ever heard
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  by needsIT on February 18th, 2011
- that's hilarious.
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  by Kamerin_P on July 6th, 2011
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by Rick L from WP on July 11th, 2010
Orgasm and ejaculation.
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by plush43 on April 3rd, 2010
the batteries run out.
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by NaturalGuy1960 on July 7th, 2011
I have watched my wife masterbate, all I can say the side effect seems to be a wooper of an orgasm.
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by EJK56 on May 27th, 2011
A smile and wet sheets.
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by craigman40 on August 30th, 2010
I think worst case scenario, it will just desensitize you for a short time afterwards. When it comes to hands to toys.... TOYS WIN..HANDS DOWN!!! LOL
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by craigman40 on August 30th, 2010
I have read that you can become accustomed to the sensation of the toys... and you know where you like to be touched and just how...
sometimes you can get to like that a LOT and a lover might have trouble getting the same sensations for you and that could be a little (or a lot) frustrating.
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by Danyeewwl on June 29th, 2010
they make the flaps on your vagina loose and that isnt attractive at all and it also makes your babies ugly
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- External stimuli have nothing to do with a babies' looks unless they become crippled or diseased because of things that shouldn't be done during pregnancy. Babies are ONLY affected by genetics.
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  by Superflyski on July 27th, 2010
- Babies are all genetics unless something happened during the pregnancy due to the mothers carelessness.
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  by needsIT on February 18th, 2011
- Those loose flaps are important. They are nature's own cooling mechanism, like an elephant's ears, if you've ever watched Animal Planet. Vigorous or prolonged sexual activity can cause your inner labia, clitoris, and vaginal opening to overheat. Your natural secretions help a little in keeping things cool, but the intense heat quickly evaporates them, leaving your entire vulva parched and dry.
  
  Some sex manuals recommend placing a pillow under your buttocks. This lifts you up a little so you get more cooling air where you need it most. Experienced women also place a couple of portable ventilation fans on the floor, on both sides of their pelvic area. The cool breeze passing over your flaps is soothing while it keeps your labial temperature within the safe range.
  
  You can also work on developing those labial muscles to work for you, just as an elephant's ears work to cool his body in warm weather. You can learn to wiggle your "flaps" (labia) from side to side, fanning the air to keep things nice and cool where it is so important. It also helps to rub a little cold cream onto the overheated areas. If possible, have a partner perform this step, b/c he can see the burned areas better than you can. He will gently rub the cold cream over the areas that need it most.
  
  I plan to start a women's clinic to teach women how to perform the labial cooling technique and reap the health benefits. Never again will you be called a "hot mama," or "hot tamale," or "hot to trot." I'll post the details as soon as I can find a state that will license me.
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by Leatherjackets99 on May 20th, 2010
Most info I've found says that vibrators can't damage the clitoris. The only website I found that says they can is run by a guy called Dr. Lin.

I saw Dr. Goldstein in Boston & he said that he didn't think the nerve damage would have been caused by a vibrator, because he sees people all the time who have used a vibrator for years and who don't have nerve damage.

I also saw a guy who was qualified as a GP & as a Chinese medicine practitioner. He said that he thought the vibrator COULD cause damage, because people who use vibrating equipment, e.g. jackhammers, can suffer nerve damage.

It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that if you repeatedly stimulate a nerve at a frequency that nature never intended nerves to take, you might damage the nerve. Also just because one person has been using a vibrator for years without damage, it doesn't mean that everyone is affected in the same way.
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by Mr. Profile on September 10th, 2010
Sore hands!
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