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Massage Question
I recently have been going to local Massage parlors for one hour massages. I have started feeling guilty for going because you are nude when you have the massage which is not a problem but the tabel provided has towels you lay on. They appear clean but really who knows who or what was on it before me? At the time I didnt realize the problem but after about the forth time going i felt sick after. Had a rash on my forhead area and possibly my body but i couldnt be sure but alot of body fatigue. i thought maybe i might have been alergic to the heating lotion used cause it did come in contact with my face. but It really alarmed me and it seemed like it all followed right after the forth time going (each time was about a week part). On the forth time *embarassing to say* i put a sheet of towl below my private just to have something between the towl but the girl massaging me made me a little too relieved? i didnt want to say anything cause it was embarassing and happened in the middle so i didnt do anything. After when i got home i felt sick and feared something could have happened? im the paranoid type so it sucks to always think about. any input? should i be worried? there was no sexual contact. just a good massage for about 1 1/2 hrs. please help
You had 100% zero risk of HIV.
Dont share needels and always use condoms and HIV will never be a concern to you.
Always be safe.
Dont share needels and always use condoms and HIV will never be a concern to you.
Always be safe.
Hey Lizzie,
I very much appreciate your post. All/any information is much appreciated.
From what i've read i dont have a risk of HIV ( It appears i have posted in the wrong section accidently ).
My question was more of " Can i get anything from getting massages? Is being nude and having my genitals touch a towel which may have something from a previous person putting me at risk?
Should i be worried? Or is it safe to be nude when getting a massage. Im worried that may have been what cased me to be sick.
please help ease my mind! it sucks to think about :/
I very much appreciate your post. All/any information is much appreciated.
From what i've read i dont have a risk of HIV ( It appears i have posted in the wrong section accidently ).
My question was more of " Can i get anything from getting massages? Is being nude and having my genitals touch a towel which may have something from a previous person putting me at risk?
Should i be worried? Or is it safe to be nude when getting a massage. Im worried that may have been what cased me to be sick.
please help ease my mind! it sucks to think about :/
hiv is not transmitted through environmental surfaces or inanimate objects. this is due to the fact that once it is exposed to air, it becomes inactive and unable to infect.
you had no risk of contracting hiv from anything that you've described
you had no risk of contracting hiv from anything that you've described
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