Hormones 2016

Condoms
Don’t use lotion or oils with condoms
Don’t use body lotions, moisturiser, massage oil, body oil, lipstick or any
other oil-based product (such as petroleum jelly, or Vaseline) with latex,
polyisoprene or lambskin condoms. This is because they can weaken the
condom, making it less effective.
Use plenty of water-based lubricant, such as K-Y Jelly (available from
pharmacies), especially for anal sex.
Oral sex and condoms
Using a condom (apart from lambskin condoms) during oral sex can
help protect against sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), including HIV
and syphilis, and those that affect the mouth or throat, such as herpes,
gonorrhoea and chlamydia. You could try using flavoured condoms for
variety.
Don’t put condoms down the toilet
Wrap used condoms in a tissue or piece of paper and put them in a dustbin.
Don’t flush used condoms down the toilet.
Buying condoms online
If you buy condoms online, don’t buy from auction sites such as eBay. Make
sure that any condoms you buy have the BSI kite mark or CE mark and
haven’t gone past the use-by date on the packaging.
If you don’t want to get pregnant
To protect against unintended pregnancy, use another form of contraceptive
as well, such as the longer-acting methods (the implant, injection, IUS, IUD)
or the contraceptive pill, contraceptive patch or vaginal ring (NHS, 2016b).
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