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Uncircumcised hiv risk?

Hello there. I’ve recently had sex with a girl I met at a club. We had protected vaginal sex. The condom was a little baggy, but it fully covered the head of my penis and it never slipped off. I did however receive unprotected oral sex. I would also like to add that I am uncircumcised. Since I read that uncircumcised men are more at risk at becoming infected with hiv, am I at any risk? Probably a silly question but it’s been bugging me all day.
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If the condom covered the head of your penis, you were protected.  The condom covering your urethra provided a barrier to transmission. You only have a risk if you have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or share IV drug needles to inject drugs. Your urethra was covered, so no risk.
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (mouth, saliva, etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either.  You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
You can't get hiv when the head is covered, so it is time to stop being bugged about uncircumcised thoughts.
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