[Question #6636] massage

66 months ago

hello dr.

i would like to ask about a case and does it put me at risk of HIV

i travel most of the time and always get massage to relax my body and sometimes the lady give me hand job , i have some acne in my back , my legs and shoulder , usually i dont know if the lady has blood on her hand or she has a cut because its dark always , these time i start to think about that for now and for the future , if my acne from hard massage was bleeding and it mix with a blood in the lady's hand cut or wound does it put me at risk of HIV ??

is this safe for me and i dont have to worry if im gonna get massage in future ?

Edward W. Hook M.D.

66 months ago

Welcome to the Forum and thanks for your question. We get many questions regarding the potential risk of massages for acquisition of STIs and I am pleased to tell you that there is absolutely no risk of getting any STI from receipt of masturbation or from receipt of a massage by a masseuse who has a cut of sore on their hands and causes you to bled or breaks open an acne lesion in the course of the massage. To amplify on this comment:

1. Most masseuse do not have HIV.

2. Receipt of masturbation (hand job) is a no risk event, even if the person masturbating you has their own blood or genial secretions on their hands during the masturbation.

3. Acne lesions are not a potential portal of entry for STIs including HIV they are walled off cysts.

4. There is no risk for HIV from exposure to genital secretions while receiving a massage or from an inanimate object such as a wet massage table or sheet. HIV becomes non-infectious upon exposure to the air outside of the body.

Please don't let concerns about STI acquisition prevent you from getting a massage.

I hope this information is helpful and reassuring. EWH

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66 months ago

thank you doctor for the good information ...

i read once about the minor wounds or micro wounds its way for the virus to enter the body thats why i start think about the massage case could be one of the ways for HIV if there is blood in both of us but it was dark so i cant see it ,

can you tell me for my information please why the virus cant enter the body if there is blood ??

my 2nd Q : what type of blood exposure could put me at risk of HIV ??

last thing just to be sure there is no way to be in risk from the massage if its as i explain never ??

thank you again dr for your help

Edward W. Hook M.D.

66 months ago

As I mentioned, we have received many, many questions related to masturbation, massages and HIV risk. The answer is unchanged. For HIV to be transmitted the virus must go deep into tissue to reach blood vessels. The sort of lesion you describe simply does not lead to HIV. When blood is coming out of a cut or wound and gets on another cur or scrape it does not get deep enough into tissue to cause infection.

The only sort of blood exposure that would put you at risk for HIV is injection of infected blood deep into tissue or directly into a blood vessel

No one has EVER been proven to have acquired HIV from a massage or from receipt of masturbation. Not ever. You are not going to be the first

Please don't worry. EWH

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66 months ago

last Q for me Dr.

during the hand job if the lady has blood in her hand or cut , will not cause Hiv to me ??

i mean the the men part has thin layer skin not like other part of the body which will cause small cuts on that part during the hand job , that will not cause the transmition ? just like in the normal sex hiv transmit from the micro cuts in the "men part" or i have misunderstand ?

or its not the same ???

last thing i would like to thank you dr. last time for help and information

Edward W. Hook M.D.

66 months ago

Your follow-up question is a bit repetitive. As I told you in my original reply- "Receipt of masturbation (hand job) is a no risk event, even if the person masturbating you has their own blood or genital secretions on their hands during the masturbation.". I explained that "HIV becomes non-infectious upon exposure to the air outside of the body."

The fact is that no one has ever acquired HIV from receipt of masturbation. You can be sure that this has occurred despite that fact that there have certainly been thousands, if not millions of times when this has occurred when HIV infected persons have carried out masturbation with fresh cuts or even blood on their hands. No testing for HIV is needed if your only exposure is receipt of masturbation.

I hope this information is helpful. As you know, we provide up to three replies to each client. This is my 3rd reply. Therefore this thread will be closed later today without further replies. EWH

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