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Putting on a spin on fingering...
Having quite the anxiety over this and probably nothing, so some input would help. I've ready mixed views on the subject, mainly that it could be a risk if the scratch was bleeding during time of the act.
I believe I was scratched DURING the act of fingering a female and it was dark in the room, so I'm unaware if I bled or not. But when I went to the bathroom afterward I did not see any blood on my fingers - maybe broken skin.
Is a simple scratch enough to open the bloodstream up for vaginal fluids to get in or would it need to be something like an open wound gushing blood, which obviously would have still been bleeding profusely when I got to the bathroom.
I believe I was scratched DURING the act of fingering a female and it was dark in the room, so I'm unaware if I bled or not. But when I went to the bathroom afterward I did not see any blood on my fingers - maybe broken skin.
Is a simple scratch enough to open the bloodstream up for vaginal fluids to get in or would it need to be something like an open wound gushing blood, which obviously would have still been bleeding profusely when I got to the bathroom.
Open wounds that are considered risky are the ones that are deep and require stitches.
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