Are Enemas the new "In Thing?"

Many submissions to this site either assume or plainly state the erotic or "fun" aspect of enemas. But I wonder if during the Golden Age (1930's to 1950's) the almost-mandatory home enema bag was seen (or pretended to be seen) as strictly a health-related item. Every house or apartment had a razor or two, toothbrushes, likely a thermometer, and a combination syringe. Maybe all were part of the home medical kit? Yet one Saturday night, late 1950's, I got a glimpse through the bathroom window of the young couple next door, both naked, her on the toilet and him holding the enema bag. Late Saturday, their kids probably at grandma's, enemas together naked? Probably not entirely medical, and probably no way any one every would have admitted to the strict sexual pleasure.

I have told numerous times that I have two sisters and that we all received our share of enemas. My younger sister is a pediatrician who has said that she will on occasion tell a mom to give her son or daughter an enema to resolve a constipation problem. Most of the moms are in their 30s, but she has a few that are younger and some that are older. She says that she is surprised at how many of the women in their 30s don't blink an eye at the suggestion of an enema suggesting that they are no strangers to the procedure. A few have even asked about how much, which means that they were not thinking of a Fleet either.

I do think enema use is rising these days after years of decline, but for different reasons. When I was a child most homes had an enema bulb or bag and it was quick to be used for constipation or other intestinal discomfort. Then it fell out of favor for a number of reasons, replaced by Fleet type enemas for some people. Now there seems to be a resurgence of enemas and colonics. But I don't think constipation relief is the primary purpose. I think more young people are getting into them as a fad for bowel cleansing supposedly to maintain weight, for clearer skin, or whatever. Even kinky sex. Not that all of that is a bad thing, just different from how we started.

It is interesting that "Fleet" is advertising their products on TV. While they haven't done any enema commercials that I've seen, their other products are more prominently advertised. Even competitors are amping up their digestive/elimination aids.

It is true that a younger generation seem to have adopted enemas/colonics as a healthy adjunct to their overall well being. Coffee enemas seem to be more common for the younger generation. I have come to enjoy them myself, and have enjoyed several conversations with the 30 and 40 something clerks in the natural health retail outlets.

While anal sex is nothing new, it seems to be more commonly a topic across the generations. Anal douching seems to be a common practice for those who engage. While the practice may be more of a perfunctory procedure, or courtesy, many may not have grasped the sensuality that an enema can interject (inject?) into any intimate session.

Yes, more interest in enemas judging by the reappearance of the combo syringes in our local Walnart, CVS, and Walgreens stores. CVS also sells a 10 oz. Rectal syringe bulb made in Germany.

My city area has a large number of people who came from India and adjoining countries where the enema never went out of style, I'm told.

Of course, popular online media is well supplied with the Coffee Enema - How To - as the twenty somethings have decided a clean nourished colon is desirable. Zity appears to have men and women who use enemas for fun and cleanliness in ages 20's to the 80's so it's a broad appeal group.

Let's face it folks, the enema is here to stay.

I think there is a resurgence in enema use in regard to "colon health" that you hear so much about these days. And the idea that natural remedies are becoming more in vogue. After all, what's more natural than some water introduced in the rectum than a gut full of chemicals?

As an aside, I was in my local Wal-Mart just yesterday and the person in front of me at the check out was buying two six pack Fleet enemas. I just smiled to myself, thinking, I'll take my bag any day over the dozen Fleets!

Have fun and play safe!

Deb

Agree, deb. you can have those fleets. nothing like a good relaxing session with the bag.

Wow, Deb. A dozen Fleet enemas? Those saline enemas leave my ass feeling raw and tender. I do a Fleet type once in a while just for a change of pace, but I will stick with my bag.

One saline fleet added to a two quart bag could be nice for a good clean out.

A plain saline fleet has caused me to have slight rectal bleeding--NOT something I enjoy.

Are they that high in NaCl

Saline fleets are salts of sodium phosphates.

Agreed, with my radiation burns and scarring, Fleets are like squirting acid in my behind. Too many Fleets can cause kidney problems.

I've observed what is for sale in the stores for 3 decades, maybe more. I remember when even drug and department stores had quite a variety of bags and bulbs on the shelf. I don't see that anymore.

It used to be I would see single Fleets on the shelf, saline or mineral oil. Now some of the stores have quite a variety and a fair amount of shelf space. The Rite Aid stores around here self single packs, twin packs, triples, six packs and even a 12 pack. The stock on the shelf at the local stores around here is several time what it used to be. It seems to me that someone is buying and using them.

Like most that post here I'm not a big fan of the fleets type, I bet if some of the folks that are buying all those single use types experienced some nice warm bag enemas they would discover what everyone here already knows. Seems likely the wide variety bags would reappear at the local stores again.

My wife and I have a single neighbor friend. She has revealed to my wife that she takes coffee enemas regularly to detoxify but my wife suspected that the main reason is for sexual gratification. Once, at a yoga session at her place the neighbor asked if she would like an enema after working out - stating that the enema would help her relax. My wife declined as she is not into enemas but offered to give her one which she happily accepted. Now, after their yoga sessions, my wife gives her friend an enema. Guess single ladies need enemas. I have not yet offered to help with the neighbor's enemas but plan to do so.

No hurry but no waste of time, try to participate to her enemas talks, let her understand that it wcan be nice to be three.

@douche - Now there's an opening. .cum for a coffee ! would that be with cream, i presume you like a head on top. .Inject some humour

I've seen colonics described in the press as some kind of a new fad for rich health-conscious folks. But it seems more like spa treatments than what you can do at home with a $10 reusable bag.

As pecan nutjob indicated, colonics advertise themselves a beauty and general health aid. During a recent colonic, I overheard a woman caller on the phone saying she had a weight issue and thought deep cleansings would help.. The traditional (pre-Fleet) enema was usually linked to constipation and other upsets that could be remedied quickly and cheaply by a mom or nurse.

"Seems likely the wide variety bags would reappear at the local stores again".... I don't think this is a very good way to tell if enemas are on the rise,... at all. Over the years, anyone selling anything for less than $20 is having a hard time, staying afloat. The value of a dollar has changed, and not for the better. I've seen all kinds of good quality US made products go away, mainly because the profit in this dollar range is just to small, and the rest of the economy has left these items to over seas markets.

I don't know about enemas, but several colonic places are running groupons and have greatly increased their clientele.

Sweet!

Mashie

I was in our local chain grocery store yesterday, and in the aisle with other health-care appliances was an "enema bag", so stated in half-inch high bold letters on the box. Not a "feminine syringe" or other euphemism, but just flat-out an open-top red rubber enema bag, with an eye-catching artist's color picture of it on the box, right there at eye level. It sure caught my eye!

Hugs,

Diane

I hope "In" me!

Also, I hope to "pour gas on this fire". As a lifelong klismo, I would enjoy more use, acceptance and open discussion of this topic.

In May, 2017 I will be publishing a Kindle book; Irresistible Orgasms: Your guide to erotic, sensual Enemas!

Synopsis:

This book features two stories; one introduces and explains the use of enemas to achieve sexual benefits; the second is Seemore Butts’ lifelong struggle to conceal klismaphilia (sexual enema use). Irresistible Orgasms™ fully describes myriad aspects of “liquid refreshment for the anus”™. Enema enjoyment happily emerges from shadows of misunderstanding to find its’ rightful bedroom welcome. Many have heard it suggested as “a new erogenous zone for intimacy and satisfaction”. If you are willing to experiment, enemas can become an occasional or regular feature, to achieve your Irresistible Orgasms™ (IOhz™).

Thanks, for your interest.

Seemore Butts

They've been "in" as far as I'm concerned for close to 50 years.

Azdiane was it an old-fashioned unfolded enema bag? I haven't seen anything like that in our local grocery stores. As a matter of fact, even local pharmacies rarely carry enema bags, unless they are hidden in the back (I have never asked). Some (not all) local CVS outlets carry a Faultless Goodhealth water bottle system. The "bag" is squeezed into a tiny box and looks like a piece of junk. Also CVS charges about double what it should supposedly cost, based on an online search. My main roadblock in regard to enema play is an inability to obtain suitable equipment. A friend says I can use her bag, but every source I consult says that one should NEVER share enema equipment. The friend claims that sharing a bag is fine, as long as the attachments (hose, clamp etc.) are new. I have been active in the local kink community for many years. If enema play is mentioned at all, it is typically only done so as a hard limit. In vanilla conversation, any rare mention of an enema would probably be as a punchline or something one deserves for bad conduct. I am talking about the traditional enema, not the Fleet variety, which is used for medical purposes or perhaps cleaning the rectum before anal sex. From my perspective, enemas are definitely not the new "in thing."

Indian philosophy, like Ayuverda, tends to be fashionable: the latter prescribes enemas as a way of cleaning body and spirit.

A few years ago , my doctor suggested that I take my blood pressure at those BP machines found in drugstores and grocery store pharmacies just as a way of keeping track between my yearly physicals. So I've been doing this about once a month at my local grocery store (Kroger).

The BP machine sits right opposite the pharmacy counter and the aisle that contains all the gastro medicines : laxatives, diarrhea medicines, fiber supplements , gas pills, and of course fleet enemas, both the store generic type and the fleet name brand .

Over the years, as I sat and took my blood pressure, I've seen many people peruse that section of the shelves, sometimes just looking or comparing various items. Sometimes they've taken an item up to the pharmacy counter to ask advice and sometimes just take an item off the shelf and put it in their grocery basket.

This past Sunday when I sat down to take my BP, I looked over at the shelves and was startled to see the section where the fleet enemas usually were was totally EMPTY. I kind of did a double take and looked around the shelves to see if they had been moved. Nope, just two empty sections of the shelf.

All the years I've been doing this, never has that section of the shelf been empty.

Now I don't know if this is an indication that "enemas are the new In Thing", but it sure says something about the use of fleet type enemas nowadays.

Being curious and the klismo that I am, I went back two days later just to check out the shelf and the store brand generic fleet type enema was stocked , but the Fleet brand space was still empty.

Oh, and by the way, my BP was fine ...LOL

I do believe that there is an upward trend as to the use of both colonic irrigation & also with the age old Enema

As there is with a number of nations globally, with some such nations who've not relinguished their use by not bowing to the pressures of pharmaceutical companies or clinically dismissing them because of time loss.

If, by the “In Thing” you are referring to the colon, they are “in” there!!

Hi Lisa K 😃

I don't know if I would call them the “in” thing. I see the “trend” as something of a cycle that runs from time to time. Often, it's advocated or pushed by celebrities like so many other things. I've heard but I do not know for a fact that there are sects of the LDS Church that advocate cleaning the colon. I'd be surprised if they made a resurgence with the under 40 crowd as enemas at home involve mess and inconvenience. I have heard that Gay men use enemas before anal sex. Perhaps some Heterosexual couples do as well? I think it's not so much an “in” or “out” thing as a niche thing and a cycle with the general population.