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So i am unsure if anyones aware with what fleshlights are. they are a sex toy, i ordered one from the company, i am worried it may have been used. can it cause an sti, i know hep b lives for up to a week out of the body. am i at risk?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk, no worry: It is exceedingly unlikely that any sex toy would have been used before being sold. Even if somehow that happened, no STI can surivive drying and that includes hepatitis B virus. This is nothing to be at all worried about.

Answered 11/18/2020

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A member asked:

So i am unsure if anyones aware with what fleshlights are. they are a sex toy, i ordered one from the company, i am worried it may have been used. can it cause an sti, i know hep b lives for up to a week out of the body. am i at risk?

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