Drugstore enema aisle

When my Sojourn style douche bag expired in the early 90s I searched for a replacement at independent pharmacies after determining that the local chain drug stores did not have much of a selection.

I found a better selection of enema and douche supplies in stores located in working class neighborhoods, but none of them carried a bag similar to what I wanted to replace. I found several inexpensive rubber combo bags and extremely cheap douche bags. One store, to deter shoplifting, had everything behind the counter. Customers had to ask for what they wanted, no browsing. The clerk was happy to show me the douche bags they carried though. All had the metal grommet for hanging unfortunately.

Prices were high at pharmacies located near hospitals but one could buy Foley catheters at them.

I have a lot of fond memories of the Long's in Ala Moana center. We lived in Hawaii from 1978-1983. It was during the first couple of days there that my wife and I checked out the enema section at longs. We bought an open top yellow enema bag with three nozzles, douche, enema and a cute little pediatric nozzle that our daughter became very familiar with. I remember they also had the fleet high volume enema bags, as I noted to my wife in a much too loud voice while in the store.

They also had Kirk's Castile soap which was perfect for enemas. One time I was buying it and a young blonde girl was at the register and she asked me what it was for. I was embarrassed to say for enemas so I just said, "it's soap."

She said, "yeah, but what is it for." she had to know but back then I had not yet fully come to terms with my fetish so I just let it go. Missed opportunities!!!

I enjoyed reading the posts about Long's in Hawaii. Like several who posted earlier, I just naturally gravitate toward the hygiene aisle when I'm in a drugstore -- and I'm almost always disappointed by the dwindling assortment of enema gear. Bulbs have absolutely disappeared around here, and the bag assortment is pretty lame, as well. "Enema" has come to mean Fleet one-shot disposable, which in my opinion, doesn't make the list. I'm in Southern California, in L.A. County south of LAX, in what's known locally as South Bay/Palos Verdes. It's densely populated, with shopping outlets to match. There must be a hundred drugstores within easy driving distance (if driving around here is ever easy!): Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, CVS, Good Neighbor, in-store at Ralph's supermarkets. And there are still some independent mom-and-pops. Not one that I know of has a selection that a fetishist could feast his or her eyes on -- and some have nothing at all beyond disposable Fleet. There used to be a few Long's Drugs scattered around here -- not sure they're even in business any longer. Not positive it was the same small chain as the one mentioned in Hawaii, but it seems probable. I don't recall seeing an unusual array of enema gear in the two Long's stores I occasionally visited, one in Palos Verdes, the other in Torrance.

The last time I saw a drugstore display worthy of excitement was in Bristol, Virginia. That was in autumn, 1981 (I remember, because the Falklands War started the following spring, and the college friend my ex-wife and I were visiting had a relative who was involved -- weird way to remember a time frame). While there, the "ex" and I wandered into a small independent drugstore that had a surprisingly good selection -- leaps and bounds better than what we had at home: Adult rectal syringes -- "bulbs" -- in 6-ounce and 8-ounce size. Bags in open-top, stoppered-top and "travel" varieties. And fresh stock -- none of it in dusty boxes, suggesting excessive time on the shelf. We were already set with bags, but she bought an 6-ounce bulb that she thought might be easier to handle than her 8-ounce, along with an 8-ounce just to have it. Another surprise: They had a boxful of loose spare nozzles of various types. Nothing designed with the adventuresome fetishist in mind, but many different commercial shapes in black and white, and lengths in the usual 2-1/2" to 3" range. She bought a few of the old fashioned "teardrop" shapes in black plastic or hard rubber. Sadly, those seem to have left when she did.

I've never had the pleasure of watching another person handle enema or douche gear in a store, or even look at it inquiringly. Likewise, I've never heard the word "enema" uttered in one. The closest I've come was being two customers behind an attractive Hispanic woman, 45ish, in a check-out line, who was buying three or four Fleets. I have to say, that did cause my mind to wander a bit, and give her a closer look -- but nothing like it would have, had she bought a bag, a 3-pack of Ivory, and a jar of Vaseline!

It is always fun to see what type of equipment they have in the store, especially fun if a women happens to be there as well. One fun episode was in a store with a playmate buying a bulb. I gave her the money to buy it and stood behind her as she purchased it the girl behind the counter was a little unsure but it was fun to she her reaction. Would have like to discuss it but didn't know how to start the conversation.

I too sneak a peek when I'm shopping. Usually I just find the usual Fleet ones and the red bag enema/hot water bottles. I don't know if I've ever seen a suppository at the store, but I haven't looked. I have had to buy Fleet ones and a bag as part of a scene once and it was super hot and embarassing.

Do home health stores sell supplies? I've never gone in one because, well, I suppose because I'm a chicken. I've always wondered though. Can you just wander through them or are things behind a counter?

They do sell suppositories in most stores in the aisle where they sell the laxatives. I know the Fred Myer's store I go to they sell all this stuff in one aisle. They also sell personal lubricants and condoms also.

I have to admit, even with my relatively limited time " out of the closet" one of the things that truly gets me going seeing a woman trying to select the "right" bag in a store. Even more so when she has kids in tow, and there's already suppositories, and or Fleet's in hand or in the cart or basket. Just gets my mind wandering and heaven knows, wondering ... maybe she needs a babysitter??? Hehehehe

Ahhh.. how I long for those days of yesteryear when there was a virtual cornucopia of enema and douching equipment in every drugstore. Virtually every drugstore in the U.S. had an aisle devoted to these items. There were many selections of fountain and combination syringes as well as amber latex travel folding syringes, colon tubes, and a sundry assortment of douche nozzles and general bag repair/maintenance items, like extra nozzles, stopcocks, tubing, etc.

Also, douching was very popular at the time and there were assorted douching items and powders with a couple of well known brands being Massengill Douche Powder, and another well known douching supplier, Dainty Maid. In addition to douching powder, Dainty Maid sold an entire system that consisted of a flexible rubber douche nozzle and a flexible rubber enema nozzle with a large hilt, and a ceramic device to hold the vagina open for douching. I am sure there were many more but these are the only two I can recall.

I have had a life long attraction to enemas, and so as a child, from as young as I can remember, I would always walk down the feminine hygiene aisle inspecting the equipment in whatever drug store we happened to be in. Doing this was always an exciting challenge for me because upon entering the store, usually with my mother, I was determined to do a visit to that section of the store and peruse the items which excited me tremendously, but also in abject fear that my pleasures would be discovered. So, as a result, these items only received a quick cursory glance from me instead of the thorough inspection I so desperately wanted to do.

Sadly, by the time I reached a point in my life where I didn't care about being discovered, the items had disappeared from the shelves. 😢

Back when the drug store of choice still sold the glorious red bag they had them on clearance as they were getting rid of all the enema supplies they had . My ex husband and I went and purchased two different types of bags,and they also had toilet paper on a great sale so we each bought 6 (12 package) of toilet paper and two enema bags . The look on the poor girl's face was priceless, once she realized what she was ringing in .

We still have enema bags for sale at a lot of our drug stores. What's too bad is that the good old fashioned ones can't be found.

Enema stuff is disappearing from the drugstores. You see Fleets and generic Fleets and some suppositories. About 8 years ago, i was looking for an enema bag and they only had one tucked away on the bottom shelf.

Yes, I like to check the aisle and peek, mostly Fleets and generics in that aisle, the combination hot water bottle / fountain / syringes are in the feminine aisle usually, Rite Aids, Walgreens, Walmarts still have them.

Still, all the time. I am particularly thrilled to find bulb syringes.

There are a number of stores where I live that carry bags and bulbs. There is one store that has bulbs and a self checkout, so I have been able to buy a few bulbs there a few times without having to interact with anyone. If no one is around, I like to pick up the boxes and read the instructions.

Have you found a pink bulb yet @Allie80?

LOL

Have you found a pink bulb yet @Allie80?

LOL

Not yet Easy ?

Not much to see in stores around here, if you can even find an actual enema "aisle." Most you'll find in CVS or Walgreens here would be Fleet-type disposables amongst the the rectal products, but not much else. Far more can be found in adult toy shops, but I think most around here probably buy their enema stuff online.

Where I still find bulbs, bags and hoses on the shelves in ordinary pharmacies has been in Canada. And, much better prices too. So, I've bought more there than down here.

Also, I've found some things, particularly glycerin suppositories or even other means of injecting glycerin, in shops in Chinatowns.

Many decades ago, yes - it was a thrill, but felt embarrassed and scared of being seen, which added to the thrill... now-a-days enema aisles are gone..

No such area around here! You really have to look hard to find an enema bulb or bag! Usually not where you would expect them to be located in the store!

That's odd @Medical_test_subject & @Analfun because at the local CVS I have recently found both bulbs and bag sets. All made in China, of course.

I usually go into that aisle and browse a bit. It seems to me that the selection of enemas and suppositories seems to be diminishing. Even difficult to find the old red bag anymore. I guess, like everything else, probably will have to buy it on Amazon.

I usually go into that aisle and browse a bit. It seems to me that the selection of enemas and suppositories seems to be diminishing. Even difficult to find the old red bag anymore. I guess, like everything else, probably will have to buy it on Amazon.

The enema equipment has all disappeared from stores by me. I did see a lady walking by with a fleet recently.

It's pretty slim pickings anymore in the chain drugstores and big box stores (think Walmart). How many mom and pop drugstores are there that might still have a decnt stock of bags?

This one had to be the most forthright demonstration of the use of enema and douche equipment I ever saw; appropriately, it occurred in lower Manhattan, somewhere on the Lower West Side, in the late Eighties or early Nineties.

I don't recall whether the window dresser actually located an old bathtub, but a garden-variety red fountain syringe was hung on one of the sidewalls; from there, the tubing led down to a single douche nozzle, prominently placed, in the center of the open area.

Not much left to the imagination.

Even difficult to find the old red bag anymore. I guess, like everything else, probably will have to buy it on Amazon.

Rite Aid and Walmart, maybe Walgreens still have the fountain/syringe/hot water bottle ( red bag ) sets... and fleets types are available everywhere.

Rite Aid and Walmart, maybe Walgreens still have the fountain/syringe/hot water bottle ( red bag ) sets... and fleets types are available everywhere.

I actually think they have discontinued carrying combo kits. They did have them but I haven't seen them in awhile. I shop at CVS and they not only don't carry them they now have a hot water bottle for about 10 bucks that only comes with a stopper. The easy place to get them is online. Ebay and Amazon both have some pretty good ones. Of course Fleet enemas are available everywhere.

Walgreens still carries the red enema/douche/hot water bottle. Years ago CVS stopped carrying them, and recently Walmart stopped. But maybe this differs by geographical location.

I remember ordering two combination bags from Walmart several years ago. I went to pick them up at their "pick-up" station and the female employee brought them both out in "plain view". Absolutely no discreet packaging. She mentioned that she hoped that I enjoyed my hot water bottles. I don't think that she had any idea at all that I was buying them for some serious enemas. I've been around-the-block before but I was shocked that they weren't concealed.

Yes, there were so many brands, Goodrich, Devol, Rexall . And different colors mainly red, but pink ,green blue , and white also .open topombination. folding. Wow. loved to walk down that aisle. I still do but there are usually only one.

@Cannot_get_enough: Enjoyed your story. Sounds like you were the only person at the store pickup counter; if not, then wow even more embarrassing. Funny, I cringe in those situations, but, later when at home I relish the experience. Also you got caught buying two combo bags at one time... Sometime ago I told the story of my buying two enema bags at one time in a store and of the checkout gal asking "You want both these?!" - I was along so while embarrassing (which I liked later) it wasn't too bad...