Online sales of enema items

Although the use of enemas is "officially" discouraged by doctors and the main stream, there seems to be an ever growing business with enema items in online shops like amazon. Who, the hell, buys that stuff ?

Enema perverts like those of us on groups such as this. That's who buys the stuff or it wouldn't be for sale.

Dan

Don't forget the alt-health types who are convinced that frequent enemas and a mix of supplements of dubious merit will "detox" them and prevent cancer.

Further down in sales volume but still on the list are those who have bowel trouble and use enemas to keep things moving and comfortable.

I think you'd be surprised at the growing number of people who are in the "detox" category and taking coffee and probiotics enemas as alternatives or supplements to mainline medicine. We live in a stressful society, and stress may be the root cause of IBS and other upsets when an enema will bring at least temporary relief. Let's be more respectful. The vast majority of people who purchase enema bags and whose feedback we read on Amazon and other sources are not perverted. For whatever reason they take enemas, I hope they are satisfying a need and feel better as a result.

As others have pointed out, the alternative health and homeopathy movements produce thousands of enema 'fans.' They tout the enema as 'detoxing' the body and curing just about everything. This is the modern hippie culture and now they have the Internet to further spread their words and validate each other. Just go to Youtube and search for enema and 100s of videos will show up from them.

I think most of it is a load of crap and some of those people are just trying to justify that they enjoy sticking things up their asses. But if they are promoting enemas, and keeping suppliers in business, that's a good thing for all us kinky folk!

Vicki V: I put IBS and similar issues firmly in the second group of bowel issues where enemas can be helpful. I know this personally as I have taken many enemas to help with IBS, and most of the times they have given me much desired relief for a while with few risks and side effects, other than the temporary and expected ones involving a rush to the toilet. There are many other bowel issues (including simple constipation) that enemas provide effective relief for.

The dubious uses are the ones that spring from the old autointoxication hypothesis and "detox" ideas. If you're taking in enough toxins to cause a problem then enemas aren't going to be enough, as you've got the whole of the small intestine absorbing things, and most persistent organic pollutants are fat soluble. "autointoxication" is ridiculous, as the body is generally pretty good at dealing with things the body expects to encounter. I have heard that eating lots of fats can create carcinogens, possibly the closest thing to autointoxication if it is true, but there again you're better off eating better than taking enemas. That said, if done carefully they probably don't hurt.

As I've said I have benefited greatly from being able to buy good quality enema equipment because I'm in camp number 2 (IBS for me), and if camp #1 is the reason I can get good enema equipment easily then I guess it's fine by me to let them have their little delusions. Bottoms up and enjoy! I know I'm starting to.

Youprobably know the Tsetsy videos like "How the enema changed my life" on youtube. I wonder about the business model behind these videos. Where is her - or her promoters' - profit?

I have bought all my enema arsenal on line and I'm totally grateful I could. They just sell vanilla bags in drugstores and although I have been unselfconscious in the past about it, I might be a little self conscious about buying a double balloon nozzle in person. Would they think that I had problems with incontinence? Instead of hurriedly trying to figure out what I'm buying I can peruse the description and even the ratings by prior buyers. What's not to like?

I'm almost entirely in the enemas for pleasure and orgasms camp, with the fairly rare exception of an every 3-5 year screening colonoscopy clean out (very bad Family History of colon, etc., cancers). So I've more and more over the years benefitted from Beth Tyler and later offshoot sites now like Silicone Nozzles, et. Al., where I can buy high quality equipment both for basic enemas as well as more fun anal pursuits. At my age with known colon problems (IBS, polyps, diverticulosis, +FH) I'm well past worrying about appearances when buying enema gear in person at a pharmacy or elsewhere, but it's very nice to have such a relative plethora of sites and equipment to choose from. In fact, when I do need to buy an enema supply or laxative or suppository from my local Walgreens store where I buy my medicines, I make a specific point of intentionally asking the pharmacist, tech or store clerk personally for what I need and to show it to me. I just enjoy watching the reactions of people knowing I'm buying enema/bowel items and that I'm completely relaxed and happy to share what I'm buying. Let them wonder what I do with it! Great fun.

Also, CJ1999 said in part,

As others have pointed out, the alternative health and homeopathy movements produce thousands of enema 'fans.' They tout the enema as 'detoxing' the body and curing just about everything.....................

I think most of it is a load of crap (sic -YES) and some of those people are just trying to justify that they enjoy sticking things up their asses.

I agree completely, for, among other reasons, because enemas of any kind, size, content, frequency or length have no long term beneficial effect on serious depression and some related disorders as I have heard claimed by some of these whacko proselytizers. I've taken enemas for over fifty years and battled (yes, an overused but carefully chosen term) Major Depression with Anxiety for nearly as long, and I'm unfortunately still properly referred to as "treatment resistant." I love enemas and related endeavors which make me feel nice for a short time, but treating depression? I'll personally provide directions to the nearest lake they should jump in. Want to sell your enema gear and solutions for a profit? No problem, sweetums, but don't do it on the backs of millions of people with serious or life-threatening diseases like this one (rough recollection: ~20, 000 US gun suicides a year). Starting this post, I had no intention of ascending to this particular soapbox, but so be it. Truth is truth, and recent life circumstances at age 65 lead me to believe more than ever that I'd better be true to myself and speaking truth loud and clear whenever it becomes apparent. Thanks for reading.

Eric

Enemas have long since evolved from the Golden Age where the bag hung on the hook on the back of the bathroom door just off the hallway for everyone to see. Some of the new generation users definitely fall into the health and cleansing arena which ties into a huge trend for those who feel they are subjected to dangerous toxins in everyday life. And some who have medical conditions who need enemas as way to function comfortably day to day, e.g., IBS.

But the sexual related enema users have grown tremendously among the emergence of sub groups like role play groups like med fet, age play, Sub/Dom and BSDM. Then there are the people who use enemas to clear the rectums to get ready for anal play- not necessarily sexual in nature but practical. Then there are those that love enemas for their relaxing soothing and erotic sensations.

All of these sub groups which have evolved since the Golden Age added together do amount to a significant number of people/buyers of enema equipment. Hence where there is a need, marketers will fill that need. The Internet is the perfect place to speak to each group and make their products relevant to their needs.

Enemas are alive and well and flourishing.

@ericmacson Thanks for your endorsement. I do enjoy thinking about the underlying philosophy of enema enjoyment and believe that enemas have a very WIDE reach in kink.

- They can harken back to the 50s/60s when mothers gave enemas to their children at any sign of intestinal distress.

- They can be used as in a medical setting, for constipation or other required-colon-emptying reason.

- They can be used for punishment of a bad submissive, making them hold or humiliate themselves.

- They can be part of a AB/DL control scene, where the Dominant requires the submissive to relieve themselves.

- They can be strictly for anal pleasure - the sensations of an enema are NOTHING like any other anal play and the fullness feeling they create can not be simulated by any other solid object.

- They can be part of complete control over a sub/slave. NO OTHER control mechanism will be as basic to humans as controlling when another relieves their bowels. Nothing will be as intimate or induce 'ownership' over another more than using enemas.

I don't believe any other act can be so widely used in the kink community than enemas. It really is amazing.

Then when you throw in all the 'alternative-health' people, it makes me think that enemas and their equipment are here to stay! Although I do hope that no one is suckered in by the ridiculous health claims and actually hurts or neglects themselves by trusting these YouTube charlatans.

I’ve post this elsewhere, but here it is again, in case you missed it.

Looks like my RN grandmother knew what she was talking about after all.

I think they’re coming back into favor for a lot of reasons. The following is just one example:

Please go to the following web page: http://www.bedwettingandaccidents.com

Steve Hodges, MD Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has several books out on the subject.

Kind of off-topic, but "back in the day," I used to go to colon therapists frequently, and I always asked them, "how did you get started in this?" Almost all described symptoms such as IBS or other problems that colonics had cured. In general, they became patients before they became therapists. Some described pretty terrible problems that colonics and nutritional therapy had cured. So I believe that there really IS something to the cleansing & detox aspects.