Originally Posted by amonkie

Posted on behalf of a male member

taken from "unsafe sex products" <http://www.tinynibbles.com/unsafe.html>)

"Anal-Eze can really hurt you. Lubricants with benzocaine, and numbing agents such as Anal-Eze, "good head gel" and desensitizing creams contain oils, flavors and colorings, and they are very unsafe. Numbing the back of your throat, the penis, the vagina, and especially the anus can lead to serious injury and infections that can (and often) land users in the doctor's office or ER. Think: you can't feel the skin breaking or tearing, and if it's the anus, there's fecal bacteria. When you can't feel pain, you are getting injured, period. Pain sucks, but it's an important tool during anal play, telling you something's not right. If it hurts you're either going too fast, you need more lube, the item is too big, you're not aroused enough, or you're not really in the mood. And when I researched my fellatio book, I communicated briefly with a dentist who'd seen signifigant bruising *inside* the throat of a female patient -- again, just think about it."