broadcastingit: For a life with anal only, what are your advices for the girl’s cleaning before? Because it means having anal 2 – 4 times a week, and enema shouldn’t be done this often…

If you eat a healthy, high fiber diet you don’t need to do anything but go to the bathroom a little before planning to have sex, and then use something like a butt plug for several minutes to half an hour. A dildo for a few minutes in the shower can also be good, both for warmup and for checking to make sure you’re clean.

It’s mostly deeper enemas—ones that clean beyond the rectum—that you may want to avoid doing too often, although there are those who do them fairly regularly without issue as well. A minor flushing out of just the rectum with warm water won’t cause much in the way of issues, but it’s usually not necessary.

fcksnapple: What’s the best way to clean myself out *after* anal sex? Should I douche again? I worry I might leak later if I just go to the bathroom and expel what I can afterward. Does anyone prefer to leave it in?

Some people enjoy leaving it in, and that’s certainly a possibility. Most just go to the toilet after. You can also have him go in as deep as he can when he ejaculates so it stays deeper inside and gets absorbed, or put in a butt plug after to keep it inside.

ricardoqg2014: What do you advise as to the intimate cleaning before and after anal sex, for men and women?

Generally, if you have a good, high fiber diet, you should only need to go to the bathroom an hour or so before and you’ll be clean enough. The rectum usually doesn’t store feces except for right when you need to go to the bathroom, and most of the time with anal sex, the penis does not penetrate further than the rectum.

Some like to use an enema to flush out the rectum and clean out any remnants. If you do this, avoid using too much water at a time, as you generally don’t (unless you do a very deep, complete enema) want to get it beyond the rectum as that could loosen feces further up in the colon and cause a mess partway into your sex/play.

Anonymous: In your last post you mentioned not overdoing douching with water. Is there a specific problem with doing this? What is overdoing? Thanks!

The digestive system contains a lot of good bacteria that aids in digestion. Frequent enemas can flush out this bacteria and cause an imbalance. However, simply douching the rectum (rather than a deeper colonic enema) will not cause a problem because most of the bacteria resides further beyond in the colon. Generally there is no reason to do a full colonic enema unless you are into very deep anal play, so simple rectal douching is probably okay. If you have concerns about it, it would be best to talk to a doctor and get their opinion.

Anonymous: What are the basic hygiene measures you have to take in order to fully enjoy anal sex? I realize that you have probably been asked this questions many times. If that is the case, I apologize, and just a link to a previous answer will suffice. Thanks.

In general, you want to eat a high fiber diet to ease digestion. If you do have a good diet, you mostly just need to make sure to go to the bathroom within half an hour before receiving anal and your rectum should be empty. In general, feces are not retained in the rectum itself except right before you need to go to the bathroom: they stay beyond in the colon itself. There is a bend that acts as a valve separating the end of the rectum from the sigmoid colon and with most people, a penis will not be penetrating beyond that point.

If you are especially concerned, you can try anal douching with water. You generally don’t want to overdo this, but if you use a relatively small amount and just flush out the rectum itself, this can be okay from time to time.