Skin to skin contact

[Arianus91]

I read many times that Herpes or HPV are transmitted by skin to skin contact. What does the latter entail exactly? For example, lets say I engage in intercourse with a woman who has herpes but no sores are present. Now for the intercourse I decided to use a condom also for more protection. Does that mean that in order to get infected in this case, a virus can pass on by a simple touch (gental/slow rubbing) genital to genital or does virus have to be 'massaged', as in rubbed rigorously,  into the body?

[auntiejessi]

If there was no skin to skin contact, there can be no transmission.

The act of intercourse, slow or fast, creates friction. Obviously, if it's rougher, it may increase chances of getting an STD, with tears in the skin, etc. That still requires skin to skin contact, though, which you didn't have.

[auntiejessi]

If it's possible you did - did your testicles touch their skin? - then you can test for herpes at 4 months, though many will develop antibodies by 6 weeks.

If you don't get symptoms, I wouldn't worry at all.

There is no recommended test for HPV for men, so there is nothing you can do for that.

I still wouldn't worry. You're as likely to get HPV from a random woman in your life as you are from an escort with as common as it is.

[auntiejessi]

Skin to skin contact means that your skin (oral or genital) has to come into contact with someone else's skin (oral or genital).

For HPV, which is easier to transmit than herpes, sometimes skin to skin contact without a lot of friction can transmit. Herpes requires a bit more friction (rubbing). In both, transmission depends on a lot of things - are symptoms present (indicating that the level of virus is high)? What strain of either is present? Are condoms, which reduces the risk by at least half, used?

HPV is so common that many experts, the CDC, etc., consider it an inevitable part of having sex. If you've been sexually active, you've been exposed most likely, and the risk gets higher the more partners you've had.

It is important to note that touching means genital to genital contact, and not with the fingers. Fingers can't transmit STDs.

In essence, it's hard to answer your question. What someone else thinks is gentle rubbing could be your more vigorous rubbing (unless you mean just with fingers/hands, in which case, there is no risk).

[Arianus91]

Well I say gentle, it means gentle, slow intercourse. I engaged in intercourse with 3 escorts. The position I used was that the only part of me that touched the woman's vagina was the covered part by the condom. If my memory don't fails me, the uncovered parts of my genitals did not touch or bounce on her uncovered genitals as well. So my intercourse was mainly slow movements, and the covered area of penis going in and out.