Is Sounding safe?

I am interested in sounding but I know nothing about it. Can anyone here tell me some good information about it and how safe it is?

Yes, it's safe if you do it properly. This involves:

• sterilizing toys before sounding
• finding the right-sized toy for you (not too thick or thin)
• doing it slowly and gently
• seeking medical help if necessary for injury or toys that get stuck

The size of your urethra won't be affected if you only practice sounding every once in a while. There are a few major risks to consider before trying this practice out:

• urinary tract infections (UTIs) from bacteria on your toy getting into small cuts inside your urethra
• tissue damage from being too rough or using an instrument with abrasive textures
• toy getting stuck if it goes too deep in the urethra or you don't use enough lube

https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sex/how-to-increase-sex-stamina#eat

This information is on the web but I am interested in knowing if you have actual experience with it. With this experience, can you verify what is said on the web?

There's a lot of discussions on “Sounds” here on Zity that might help you get started. Do a search for “Sounds” in the title. If you see something interesting, you can use that to help stimulate a conversation. Either comment on it or reference it here.

Good Luck, hope you find what you're looking for.

My husband would not recommend that any untrained, non-medical practitioner should attempt to use sounding equipment on their penis !

I have had someone use sounds on me in the past. It is an incredible feeling. My provider is very cautious and limits the number of sessions to no more and Han four per year. Before the sounds are inserted they are sanitized and sterilized. A numbing agent is used before insertion and plenty of lube. Further the provider always wears latex gloves and changes gloves if the hands come in contact with anything else. Have been using sounds for about three years and have had no infections or issues. Sometimes though after you pee there is some burning but never has it lasted for more than two hours. Still need to be careful and cautious

I know sounds go in your penis, but what were/are they used for (is there a medical reason? How far do they go in? Why are they called “sounds?”

Urethral sounds are designed to be inserted into the male or female urethra, for the purpose of stretching or unblocking a stricture. Google Medical Reasons for Sounds.

According to Webster: sounding: [noun] measurement of depth especially with a sounding line. the depth so ascertained. a place or part of a body of water where a hand sounding line will reach bottom.

Perhaps the medical profession used them to check the depth/length of the urethra - thus coined the term "sounds".

Probably as good a guess as any!!!😄

Here's a video my an MD of “sounding” play gone bad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1V29Ira4s

@allin4oral - I do. I've done sounding sessions regularly, with various partners, both male and female. It can be a wonderful experience - sounds can and often do influence the prostate in stimuation.

That being said, I've … little to offer on you original question - @Rigel 's response is on-point. Sterilization, speed (slow), and mutual care are paramount in this sort of play.

Always demand that respect out of your play partner, and .. best of luck!

There are silicone sounds available on the web. They are a bit softer if you'd like to try using one of those the first few times. Just to practice the inserting of a sound.

Sterilization, speed (slow), and mutual care are paramount in this sort of play.

Is very good advice. Hopefully others who use sounds give their experience to help you.

I know sounds go in your penis, but what were/are they used for (is there a medical reason? How far do they go in? Why are they called “sounds?”

I read an alternative explanation for the name. In the days before modern scanners, doctors trying to locate a bullet stuck deep inside the body would push a vibrating metal rod down the wound channel, which would make a vibrating rattling noise when contact was made with the bullet.

I've read of men with BPH, a benign enlargement of the prostate making passage of urine difficult, using sounds to help open the passageway. So it's not entirely reckless. There's plenty of advice online, but sterilisation just before use is important to prevent infections, something rarely evident in porn films.

It can be safe but you have to really do it right. I have a small set of van buren sounds, sizes 22, 24, 26 and 28 FR. I have to sterilize them, drink cranberry juice, lube, insert etc. All the while staying soft.

It js an exquisite experience but you need hours of undisturbed time.

I wasn't sufficiently careful using some steel sounds and ended up at the hospital getting antiobiotics for a bladder infection. I waited through ten unpleasant days before finally getting treatment.

Having your partner stroke just the right size silicone sound slowly back and forth through your prostate is absolute nirvana.