Are guys supposed to use soap when they clean their doodle or just water?
My boyfriend once said that I should use soap to clean my vagina, so I was just wondering if it’s the same for guys?
Sometimes when I go down on him (even if it’s been a couple minutes since he’s gotten out of the shower) he smells down there and it’s really off-putting.
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Yes, absolutely! Especially when you have a foreskin. Dicks don’t have self cleaning abilities like vaginas have so it is necessary to get him clean.
Yes, absolutely.Lather, Rinse, and Repeat.
A vagina has a very sensitive pH level that soap can harm if you wash it too often with it. This can lead to a yeast infection if the pH changes too much. Please use pH neutral soaps for that, and don’t do it everytime. Water is enough here. A willy however isn’t as sensetive and can easily be washed with soap. You can use pH neutral soap here too to prevent burning. What I do is, since I use solid shower soup, I get it foamy on my chest hair, take the foam, and wash it thoroughly as if you were doing yourself here. I apply it to the tip and especially in the ridges below it where gunk or, how reddit would call it, dick cheese can occure. I never ran into any trouble with it. Perfumed soap can lead to a little burning as a man, but it’ll be gone once he pees a little.
I do and I can wash it as fast as I want 😂
Lol I can’t believe some guys here are saying they don’t use soap. I assumed all guys use soap. I’ve never not washed mine without body wash or a bar of soap lol.
With all jokes side you need to clean your willy .
Whether you have a foreskin or not everyday boys .
Everyday ! No excuses # treat to self buy better soap
If I read one more Reddit post about adult men not washing their balls/ass, so help me lord
Boys need soap, penises are not self cleaning like vaginas are. The outside of the vagina can be cleaned with gentle soap, but the inside/inside labia should only be warm water.
If his penis smells, it’s not clean. Bacteria/wee smells, it can seriously affect your PH level, and super fun for your mouth.. not
A man telling a woman how to clean their vagina 😂 😂 😂 😂 oh, they’re funny. No, you shouldn’t use soap to clean your vagina. Bad idea.
Nobody mentioning how vaginas should NOT be cleaned (just the vulva). It’s very easy, external body parts can be washed with soap – which means the dick and balls as well. Using neutral PH washes can make it feel nicer.
I use soap on my meat. I would also never allow my girl to give me head if I knew my meat wasn’t smelling fresh. I think I can speak for all men when I say we all know when our dick stinks.
That whole area is the primary focus of my shower routine every time. Some areas may get short shrift, such as my arms and legs, but never my groin. That groin.
Not only my willy, also the booty. Basic hygiëne.
YES.
Jeez, who raises these boys???
All these dirty dudes out there. As a man I wash down there everyday. I’ve never had any irritation or infections because of it. Balls, dick, ass, taint. All of it.
Yes, you should wash it as with any other body part. And it’s always good to freshen up beforehand.
Depends where it is…
I’d imagine my case is similar to how you’d wash down there. Soap/body wash on the outside, just warm water for anything closer to the ‘internal’ (or in my case, anything covered by foreskin) side of things, as recommended by virtually all health services.
Yes. My god, he doesn’t use soap?? Tell him if he doesn’t start washing his willy with soap, and his grimy asshole too, you’re not going down there again. Yikes.
Getting really mixed messaging from this thread so I looked it up.
Apparently it’s recommended you use a little soap under your foreskin (for us in tact folks), but it has to be a very soft one, otherwise it could irritate your skin.
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/penis-care#:~:text=Gently%20wash%20your%20penis%20each,much%20could%20irritate%20your%20penis.
Here’s a short but hopefully sufficiently detailed genital washing overview. Some parts of it will read as painfully obvious to most people, but I include it nonetheless for the benefit of people who for whatever reason are unfamiliar with even basic specifics and details.
For both sexes, once per day is ample unless your doctor tells you otherwise. If you for any reason shower more often than that, say you washed with soap in the morning and then went to the gym after lunch, rinsing with water is sufficient. Semen by itself does not need to be washed off, water is perfectly fine.
(But if you end up legitimately dirty or at risk of bacterial spread in any way or for whatever reason, let’s say you partake in anal sex or you as a female have an incident that involves blood or voluminous discharge, washing a second time with soap is fine – and in the former case, highly, highly encouraged.)
**Women:** Don’t ever, for any reason, use soap (or in fact any kind of hygiene/wash/”feminine care” product) inside the vagina (unless your physician instructed you to do so)!
Using unscented, ph-balanced soap on the vulva (“the outside”, but also including the inside of the lips/folds) is generally OK, but gynecologists vary slightly on this topic. If you can get away with a warm water rinse (meaning there’s no smell/odor and no other “consequences” in that area), then you probably don’t need to use soap on the inside of the lips/folds every day. And if your body reacts to soap, doctors and OB/GYNs can give recommendations for non-soap hygiene products fit for this kind of use.
**Men:** Wash ALL THE THINGS.
That includes the balls, the area around the base of the penis and the balls, the upper part of the thighs where your balls spend half the day stuck against, the inside of the asscheeks – and indeed – the outside of the actual butthole itself. The entirety of the penis is of course also included (except the urethral entrance), and if you’re not circumcized that includes pulling the foreskin all the way back and washing the normally-concealed area as well. And circumcized or not – do not forget to also wash under the ridge of the glans.
If all of that was too complicated: *Every* patch of skin between the navel and the mid-point of the thighs – if you can get to it without going inside the body, WASH IT. And wash with unscented soap or hygiene product of equal cleaning power – warm water by itself is not enough.
Hell yes. I feel sorry for you. Cant believe you even put that in your mouth.
That is horrendous I’m sorry. You are saying hes never washed his dick with anyhing other than water?
I cant even imagine the smell. Seriously that’s fucked. I’m sorry this is so forward but its fucking gross an I would point blank refuse to even let his dick near me outside of a condom until he learned how to wash it.
I use soap, shampoo and conditioner.. Its like a fucked up herbal essence commercial when i get out the shower.
Guys. Women are more likely to watch to touch a clean tool.
Just like women, men shouldn’t use *regular* soap on their genitals. It can upset the pH and lead to all sorts of skin irritations. However, there are a plethora of soaps used for this specific purpose.
Valentines Day is coming up – maybe get him a nice soap and a BJ (after having used said soap).
Everyone saying they wash their penis with soap – do you mean only the outside?
Every time I used soap under the foreskin it messed up my flora and my penis started smelling until I didn’t for a few days and only used water for it.
Never had a problem with smell etc only using water under the foreskin – I am confused big times by the answers here