Lap Dance Is Std Testing Warranted

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Re: hiv frottage / lap dance

Hello Doc, Thanks a ton for your response and those 'good karma' words.Just a small quick question. Do you think there is any risk for other STDs from this exposure. I have read that one cannot have STD whilst wearing clothes, is that...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello again,Do you realize over half of the questioners I respond to write back with "just one more quick question . . . ?" The answer to yours is "no."Dr. Bob... Read more »

Dr. Bob, I really need your stamping to say I'm safe from a lap dance

Dear Dr Bob, you are doing here an awesome job helping people to clear their worries and educate... Read more »

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Hello Dr.Bob!I was tested for HIV 3 month after a girl performed a lap dance for me at local strip... Read more »

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Are Lap Dances Harmless? Is Testing Needed?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi. I am wondering whether lap dances, where a woman wearing a thong, t back, or g-string, rubs her self, including at times her genitals, against a clothed customer, whether or not that is risky for HIV or other STDs? I thought that if they were... Read more »

lap dance,birds,are you off it

Posted by Anonymous

hi guys why dont yo'll follow your opinion,leave the rest in peace,if you comfortable testing at 3 weeks or 3 months
than just be happy with it and stop bugging other people's happiness,remember that this is a deadly disease and you DOnot get hiv... Read more »

Are There Risks in Receiving Lap Dances?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Do any of you think that lap dances are risky? Say the man is clothed and the dancer is wearing a very skimpy g-string? Is it possible for her fluids to soak down beneath the man's pants? IS it even posisble for him to get traces of vaginal fluids... Read more »

first and last lap dance of my lifetime

Posted by Anonymous, 10 Replies

3 weeks ago I went to a strip bar with my friends, being my first time, friends bought me a lap dance. During the dance, I sucked on her nipples for few seconds, kissed her ears by the ear ring (not dry) and finally she slipped her tongue into my... Read more »

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