Butt plug smells like ass even though I always use it with a condom!

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Hi, I made a very strange discovery. I found out that my butt toys (plugs,massagers) all smell strange!
I cannot say they smell exactly like ass but they smell strange. First I thought maybe this is simply the material but it's not! My prostate massager smells normal at the handle which stays outside of the body, but the head which is inside the rectum has a strong smell!

How on earth is this possible? I always use them with a condom! How can they smell like butt when I use them with a condom? I thought condoms are smell proof. I mean if a virus cannot get through then how should a smell get through?

I cannot make any sense of this. The fact that the toys smell like butt even though I use a condom is disgusting. I thought if I use a condom then the toy stays hygienic but now I wonder what if the condom offers no protection!?

I really don't imagine this. Today after using a prostate massager I removed the condom and then smelled on the head and the handle and only the head had this offensive smell. :(

Or what if this actually means that the condoms which I usually use are not safe and offer no protection!? Is this possible??? This would be a scandal.

But I tested a condom and filled water in it and it was proof and didn't leak. But does waterproof also mean that it protects against viruses or is a virus smaller and could still get through?

But then again even if they are waterproof then there is still the issue with the smell. I thought waterproof would also mean smellproof. Is this not so?

Hi sully, no, not necessarily. Smells are organic molecules, and these can often get through latex by dissolving in the rubber and evaporating out the other side. You notice it particularly with strong-smelling substances. (You can also notice with oil-soluble dyes that they go right through the rubber when applied to one side.)

Viruses are much bigger and can't dissolve in the rubber in this way.

Hello!

But what does this mean hygiene-wise? If a toy smells like ass even though I used a condom does this mean that the toy is still unclean and "contaminated" cause the condom didn't keep the smell out?

And what also worries me is it normal that an anal toy smells like ass after using it? I talked about this at another forum and people said that they do not use condoms and only wash their toys with water and they don't smell! This worries me. What if there's something wrong with my ass?

I think it's more that you are over-anxious and fret about things that most people hardly notice. Life is full of risks, but we usually get through each day safely. When the worry becomes the source of more distress than the things worried about, it is better to accept the risk and carry on with life.

Yes I worry a lot, I have an anxiety disorder. This sucks but there isn't much I can do about it.
I have been on antidepressants since 2012 and they don't reduce the anxiety at all. They're really
useless.

What antidepressant do you use? Unfortunately the antidepressants that are best for anxiety also cause loss of libido and difficulty achieving orgasm. However, there are other anti-anxiety medications available.

Hi, what other drugs do you mean? You mean stuff like lyrica?
I tried lyrica and it made me forgetful so I got off it. I also read a lot of bad things about it so I don't
want to be on it.

I tried a few ssris and also cymbalta,remeron and wellbutrin and anafranil but anafranil had too many side effects. But none of the drugs helped my anxiety at all. As soon as I think about something scary I become
scared.

I had more in mind buspirone (Buspar) and the other azapirones. Lyrica (pregabalin) is another type of anxiolytic, but different from the azapirones.

Yes I know buspar but I NEVER read any testimony online where somebody said it worked for him.
I also have books by psychiatrists and they also write that buspar is useless.

Another problem is that buspar + ssri can cause serotonin syndrome. And I'm currently on effexor.
I don't know how risky it would be to add buspar to the mix.

What psychiatrists say that Buspar is useless? It does however take a couple of weeks to start working (unlike, say, dibenzodiazepines, which are however unsuitable for long-term use). Its effectiveness is even clear with animals, with the result that it has veterinary use. There is a range of related anxiolytics of the same class.

I don't know where you have read that Buspar + SSRIs cause serotonin syndrome. The two were used together in the famous STAR*D trial--see e.g. http://pro.psychcentral.com/the-stard-trial-first-results/002745.html . One of the treatments it used was Celexa (citalopram) + Buspar. Citalopram is an SSRI. Here's another study that used the same combination: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa052964 . The study at http://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/2001/v62n06/v62n0608.aspx used the same combination, and also fluoxetine (Prozac) + buspirone.

Apart from the azapirones, perhaps it's also worth mentioning tofisopam.