Even though oral is a low risk activity for STDs, it is best to wear a condom. STDs still can (and sometimes do) get passed on through oral if no protection is used.
Condom for a BJ? Yes I know there is a small risk but from what I have heard it is close to nothing and for that I dont wear one. It would jus be awkward I would think. Sex is a diff story but Oral I dont. Fox
I would say that there isn't a need to use condoms for oral sex. Just play it safe and I definitely wouldn't recommend "swallowing" unless you really know the person and are intimate.
When I was doing safer sex counseling training, we were taught that we should educate people to *always* use condoms for oral sex and dental dams for rimming or oral-vaginal sex. However, I know very few people who actually do (except maybe in a bathhouse or craiglist hookup or other high-risk activity.) There is possibility to transmit almost any STI through oral, but the risk of HIV and hepatitis via oral transmission appears to be pretty low, and all the others (except herpes) are pretty easily curable.
Actually it's safer to swallow than spit up. Swallow provides a one way route over any cuts in your mouth and then everything is destroyed in your stomach, while spitting up allows the fluids to go over any cuts in your mouth twice, thus doubling the chance of contracting something.
Stupid question is there risk to the blowee not using protection? The comments so far seem to be about risks to the blower.
Good Point. -Blowee is only at risk of HIV if the blower is bleeding from their mouth (in which case they should stop all together anyways) (so pretty minimal) -Blowee is at risk if the blower has sores from (like herpes) in their mouth. Also if the blower has any STD that is manifesting in their mouth i'd say the blowee is at risk. (idk how risky it is though)
I think there're two types. Regular herpes and genital herpes. One symptom of the regular herpes virus are blisters that look like cold sores popping up on someone's lips. Genital herpes is where there're "breakouts" in the genital area where bumps appear on the genitals. I heard that the first breakout is very painful and then the rest of the breakouts come like once or twice a month. You can get it from oral or penetrative sex or from your genitals touching each others. Herpes at the moment is incurable, so once you have it, it's for life. It's not fatal, like HIV, but it's embarassing. You can take medicine (Valtrex isn't it?) to clear up breakouts. In order for your partner not to contract herpes, I think you need to have sex when you don't have a breakout and use protection. Go here if I made any mistakes, which I probably did: http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/STDFact-herpes.htm
