Long term effects of anal play

Since we have such a large cross section of community into all different types of anal play, I am curious to hear what (if any) long term effects people have seen from their anal endeavours.

I know the majority of people here take a great deal of care in their play and I would assume are more educated in the area than the average folk. However for me, it hasn't always been that way and everyone can get a little amorous at times.

So, what effects have you seen and what do you think was the cause?

I'm not sure if there are any long term effects. You need to engage in anal play on a regular basis- at least a few days a week, and perhaps every day, in order to be able to open wider and gain the ability every so often to accommodate a slightly larger diameter than you could before. Even after all this training, any progress you make in terms of flexibility will be lost if you quit anal play for a week or two. The starting point of the anus remains the same- closed- but you can (very gradually) train yourself to be able to open it wider and wider.

As long as you warm up, use plenty of lube, do kegels and reverse kegels every day, and make sure you are clean before you play, you cannot cause any damage unless you try to really cram in something that is much larger than anything else you have recently inserted. You could tear something if you overdo it, or if you do not warm up with smaller toys incrementally leading up to whatever larger toy you may wish to try.

So this is really like any other exercise. If you lift weights for a while, eventually you will be able to lift more weight. If you run a lot, eventually you can run farther. If you do yoga and/or gymnastics, you become more flexible in the long term. But if you quit any of these activities, you soon begin to lose whatever abilities you have gained from them. Or if you overdo it performing any of these activities, you can hurt yourself.

The key message is consistency as HC stated- regular practice can lead to safe anal play. You need to measure your toys and know what your limit is in terms of width and then you go up in width (if you want to) by slowly and gradually using slightly larger toys over time. You will begin to know the difference between sharp pain (you need to withdraw and stop) and discomfort which you can accommodate if you are trying to increase your ability to take larger toys. Other threads on zity of experienced members will tell you it takes many months or even years to safely work your way up the scale in width.

If you do everything right, I feel there are no long term negative effects of frequent anal play.

Yes, the key is to start small, use plenty of lube and slowly increase increase in size over time. I have not had any long term effects. I had a Dom that would train me anally to accept a larger size plug and then stop all anal training for a while so I would tighten back up and the training would have to start back at the beginning.

Serious problems can occur, if care is not exercised to open the anus slowly, and to keep it opened by regular "exercise". Too rapid stretching can lead to tearing the anal sphincters, and can cause permanent anal incontinince (leaking). The same can be said, perhaps doubly so, for stretching the urethra with sounds. Take things slow and easy, and do NOT go to extremes!