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HOW TO USE A BUTT PLUG

HOW TO USE A BUTT PLUG

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✨ Summary of Key Points ✨

  • 💡 Start slow and choose the right size for a comfortable experience.
  • 🛡️ Always use high-quality lubricant to enhance comfort and safety.
  • 🧽 Clean your toys before and after use with suitable cleaning products.
  • 🕒 Take your time – patience leads to the best results!
  • ⚡ Listen to your body and stop if anything feels uncomfortable.

🔑 Key Advice and Tips from Our Experts 🔑

  • 🎯 Begin your journey with beginner-friendly butt plugs to ease into the experience.
  • 🌈 Experiment with different materials – silicone, glass, or metal – to find your favourite.
  • 🛠️ Choose plugs with a flared base to ensure safety during use.
  • 🔥 Warm up with foreplay to help relax the muscles.
  • 💃 Make it fun! Incorporate it into your play for an exciting twist.

Are you curious to try anal sex? What is a butt plug? How effective is a butt plug? Looking for the best ways of using a butt plug? This article explains how best one can use a butt plug.

Before engaging in anal penetration, it is important to prepare for the play. Preparation ensures the safety of anal pleasure, and butt plugs are a good way to prepare for anal sex. With that, read below as we give a guide on how to use butt plugs. If you love the intensity of anal sex, then a butt plug may be what you need. Butt plugs are a bomb because you can use them during partnered or solo play regardless of gender. People use butt plugs for various reasons, but whatever the reason, these toys are a source of mind-blowing anal orgasms. 

Defining A Butt plug

Most folks do not know what a butt plug is because most blogs do not categorize anal toys based on their functions and design but rather because they are all anal toys. Guglielmi & Reddy-Best, (2021) explained that butt plugs have a teardrop design and a narrow head, making insertion easy, and also have a flared base that prevents them from suctioning into the anus. Some butt plug variations are designed with a tail. This type is the best for novices and those whose anus has a wide diameter. Using butt plugs has many benefits, from boosting sexual pleasure to stimulating the G and P spots in women and men. 

Using A Butt Plug

Butt plugs perform a certain level of fetish and kinks, especially in the BDSM community. For example, McBride (2019) stated that someone might prefer a vibrating butt plug because the vibrating sensations propel them to the O-world. Butt plugs are not limited to a specific gender or a specific group of people; they can be used by anyone as long as they have a butthole and may want to experience the intense world of anal play. How to use the butt plug has been explained below in this article.

Communicate With Your Partner

According to Dames et al. (2021), individuals should communicate with their partners about their butt plugs fetishes. Tell them why you feel you may need anal stimulation from a butt plug and what you hope to achieve from the session, and be open about the risks and benefits of engaging in anal play. It is good to conduct some research beforehand about all that anal play entails so that when you are better positioned to pitch this idea to your partner. Butt plugs aside, open communication paves the way for a healthy relationship because both partners' needs are being met.

Selecting the Right Plug

There are a lot of butt plugs in the sex toy market that is designed to perform different functions and give different sensations. The influx of butt plugs in the market may make it hard for beginners to pick the right plug. Therefore, what are the criteria for choosing the right butt plug?

  • Consider the depth you are willing to dive into in anal play. Novices should start with shorter plugs like the princess or the classic butt plugs because they do not go deep into the anus. 
  • Ensure that your butt plug has a smaller tip compared to the base.
  • For beginners, pay attention to the thickness or thinness of your butt plug.
  • You should ensure that the material of your butt plug is skin-friendly to avoid skin allergies.
  • Like other sex toys, always start from the smallest size and climb your way up.

Maintaining Good Hygiene

Bajirova (2017) explained that, as with any other sexual practice involving the genitals, anal play also requires cleanliness as proper hygiene is key before engaging in anal play. You can wash your anus using warm water and mild soap or douching materials such as the Tracey Cox Supersex Anal Douche or the Mr-S-Complete Anal Douche. If you prefer an enema, a process used to clean the intestines using liquids, to douching, make sure that you talk to a medical practitioner so that they prescribe an enema kit for you. 

Be Gentle And Take Your Time

When inserting the butt plug, make sure that you are as gentle as possible. Begin by gently inserting the tip into the anal canal, hold for a few minutes and then gently push it deeper into the anus, which will allow your anal muscles, also called the sphincter muscles, to relax and be ready to take in the butt plug. You are advised to take deep breaths while pushing the plug into the anus because steady breaths help keep your mind relaxed, relaxing any tense muscles in the body.

Use Plenty of lubrication.

According to Hassan et al. (2018), anal sex should always be coupled with a generous lube. The anus has a thin lining which makes it impossible to self-lubricate. This anatomy makes the anus more prone to tears, allowing bacteria to habitat the anal canal. Unlike the vagina, the anus does not have an extra layer of skin to protect against infections; therefore, Plenty of lube should be used when engaging in anal play. You should pair your butt plugs with water-based lubes, or if you want something more long-lasting, you should try an oil-based or silicone lube. If you feel some pain when inserting the butt plug, add some lube and then readjust your position. To prevent the butt plug from causing micro-tears to the anus, you should lube the part of the lube inserted in the anus and the exterior part of the anus. 

Conclusion 

Butt plugs are one of the exciting sex toys designed for anal pleasure during sexual activity. Butt plugs stimulate the anus and rectum while preparing your sphincter muscles for anal sex. These sex toys have a narrow tip and a wide diameter for ease during insertion. Most people, especially beginners, may not have the right guide to using a butt plug. However, following the steps outlined above will assure you of a sensual session with your butt plug devoid of injuries to your anal canal.

References

Bajirova, M. (2017). Hygiene and health in Quran and Science. EC Gynaecology1, 44-55. 

Dames, N. B., Squire, S. E., Devlin, A. B., Fish, R., Bisset, C. N., Tozer, P., & Respondents to the Sex After Colorectal Surgery Survey. (2021). ‘Let's talk about sex’: a patient‐led survey on sexual function after colorectal and pelvic floor surgery. Colorectal Disease23(6), 1524-1551.

Hassan, A., Blumenthal, J. S., Dube, M. P., Ellorin, E., Corado, K., Moore, D. J., & Morris, S. R. (2018). Effect of rectal douching/enema on rectal gonorrhea and chlamydia among a cohort of men who have sex with men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Sexually transmitted infections94(7), 508-514.

Guglielmi, J., & Reddy-Best, K. L. (2021). BDSM, Dress, and Consumption: Women's Meaning Construction Through Embodiment, Bodies in Motion, and Sensations. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 0887302X211061020.

McBride, K. R. (2019). Heterosexual women’s anal sex attitudes and motivations: A focus group study. The Journal of Sex Research56(3), 367-377.

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