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I have been reviewing your web site. I have been consulting with doctors but since I had a sigmoid resectioning done on my c
I am 33 , I used to masturbate in a strange manner, I tried to forcedly ejaculate without erection while watching TV, for se
I seem to have a problem. When ever I have intercourse my vagina dries up and it gets painful. Is there something I can do?
I found your site a real lifesaver as it provides a great deal of information about what is masturbation and how we can get
I have a question for one of the doctors....I am 18 years of age and have a hormonal disability on the skin around my clitor
hello, I am a healthly 20 year old male. When I was an adolescent I noticed that the vas deferens on my left testes was bigg
I have spina bifida. It is a lower bifida and I have full control of bowel and bladder and walk with aids. My right knee is fused so it will not bend. My left leg is flexible. My questions are, that I
Dr Owens, please help!!!! I am a 37 yr. old male and I have a 24 yr. old girlfriend. We get along just great the first few m
I just turned 30 and have noticed in recent months that I have trouble with ejaculating to fast I mean too fast and maintain
After my wife and I have sex, my wife complains of a burning sensation. This has occured regulary and so I decided that poss
I am a 19 year old college student and I am concerned about my vaginal discharge. It is very heavy lately. There is no itchi
I am a 23 year old female. I've been in a sexual relationship with my boyfriend for a little over 2 years. I have 2 questio
I am wondering if the reason that my wife and I are having trouble getting pregnant is because my sperm dribbles out during
I'd like to know if a hymen actually bleeds when it breaks?
I am a man of 39 years old. I have very few sexual experience up to now and nearly all of them ended in masturbation by my
I am (M) 32 and my right testicle is always residing extremely high up in my scrotum (right next to my penis) I saw a docto
I am a 21-year old male and I am very concerned about how my semen looks. Rather than a thick, creamy white fluid, my semen
I am a 37 yr. old woman - with no past problem with orgasm. I recently had my second child via a rather difficult vaginal bi
I am a 49 year old male. I have always had difficulty in achieving an orgasm. Lately, I have begun to wonder whether an inh
I had a appendicitis, ruptured, and I have also had 2 surgeries for cyst removals on my right ovary. All three surgeries I
What about sex after hysterectomy? Will it feel the same? Will HE feel the same? I am very worried, the time has come to res
Thank you very much! One more question. When we have intercourse, it is almost impossible for him to ejaculate inside of me
My husband & I have a wonderful relationship. Our intimate times tops everything. I'm a little concerned about something tha
Help! My boyfriend and I have a very wonderful and caring relationship. He is a very considerate lover and always is concer
I recently started seeing a new man. We corresponded for a while before we met. Recently, we spent a weekend together and we
I have had several prostate surgerys, and also several hernia repairs. During the last hernia repair the cord going to my ri
During arousal how much do your breast enlarge?
I am a 52 year old male with a problem regarding failure to orgasm/ejaculate. The problem started roughly a year ago, with t
I'm living in Ireland. I have a problem the occurs from time to time. I'm not circumcised and therefore the top of my penis
My husband and I had a baby nine months ago and our relationship seems to be on a down hill slide. We have had sex no more t
I'm a 21 year old male who has an interesting problem. I usually masturbate fairly regularly, but when I can't (for 5-7 days
I am 52 yrs old and 4yrs ago had a vaginal hysterectomy (Laser). Ever since then I have not been able to have intercourse, i
First of all I will like to thank you for such a great service. My question is: I have started to get a very light itch in m
I am a 32-yr old male and I would like to ask you a question about something that I'm embarassed to discuss with my doctor:
After a number of years of a safe and healthy sex life, I have suddenly begun experiencing painful intercourse. The skin at the entrance to my vagina has become extremely sensitive and intercours
Dear Dr. Owens, I am a 24 year old female. I have been in a serious relationship for two and a half years. When my boyfriend and I started dating, I was a 'technical' virgin, that is to say, I ha
I am a female in my twenties. Skin around my clitoris and my vagina peels off quickly after sexual contact. I seem to get swollen and sex becomes painful and I try to avoid it as much as possilbe. I
I am a male age 50-59 having difficulties with enjoying sex. I get itchs on different parts of my body randomly. First one spot and then another and another. It's not a bug bite type of itch but a ti
I just got married in June, and things have been well, but my husband has a much higher sex drive than myself. I think he would love to have sex twice a day. I'm a twice a month sort of person. This h
i woul like to ask you that what is the min , max & average time that a man can hold on during intercourse
the way my jelly fat looks. can i ever lose it? what can i do to have a orgasm? i still love to have sex.but itfeels like theres something not happening.or i have never experienced one compleatly.i ca
My girlfriend and I am have a very beautiful relationship. We respect each other and our communication is good. But although she wants to be with me sexually, she says that there is something that
My question is not really health related. I am a virgin and plan on remaining so till my wedding night. My question is what are your views as a doctor on pre-marital sex? Do you believe there a hea
This is a strange thing for me, but lately, with my boyfriend of two years, the sex has been painful and annoying. I feel like I want to have sex with him a lot, but when he wants to I am disgusted b
You've probably been asked this question a ba-zillion times, but I need to know something about orgasms. I've just recently become sexual active and when I come to orgasm all the muscles tense up aro
I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE, WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSES OF RETARDED EJACULATION, AND WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?
Sometimes after rigorous sex my penis will feel very raw and have minor abrasions on it that take a few days to heal, this will often cause me to have an outbreak of Herpes as well. Is there a topica
hi i am not able to masturbate frequently (there needs to be a gap of at least 7-8 hours between successive masturbations . also i am find it difficult to masturbate daily for more than 3-4 days).
I was checking myself out tonight.. and I discovered a fairly large lump, or growth it seemed inside my vagina. I am only 16 is this normal... I feel very uncomfortable talking about it to anyone.. an
My wife reports that, after an orgasm, my testicles move in a pronounced undulating, contracting movement. I'm just curious about the physiological purpose of the movement. Thanks.
Difficulty getting/maintaining erection , low sex drive
My boyfriend (we are both 18) has lost his sex drive. He doesn't want to do anything sexual (kissing etc). He says he still loves and finds me sexually attractive, but doesn't want sexual activity w
about a year ago, under a very stressful job, i began to experience itching in the testicle region. it has returned for about a month, but not nearly as bad, went away for a couple days, and is now "
Good day, I am writing to find some sort of answer which in some aspects makes me feel inadequate when it comes to my partner. For quite sometime now I seem to ejaculate quite rapidly through inter
No sexual desire. I am 24 years old and have been with my boyfriend for 8 years. I have no sexual desire. When we do have sex by body "usually" complies but there are times when I physically am not re
Can M.S. and depression affect a woman's ability to have an orgasm? If so, can anything be done to improve that ability?
Just as I am about to orgasm I fall off the cliff. I feel like there is something wrong with my clitoris It is if it hides once it has been stimulated about 2minutes I had a hystorectomy at age 27I am
Hi Dr. I just recently gotten out of a monogamous relationship and the main reason was a sex issue. I'm used to having sex with men who have bigger penis' and my partner is used to having sex with w
what is the difference between a female orgasm and when a female cumms?
I was just wondering if you could tel ma a technique or two that would help me last longer in bed. I heard that one method (masturbate until just prior to ejaculation then stop, and repeat one or two
I know what is said about penis size...but what about vagina size? Yeah, yeah, Kegel exercises, but after the birth of my fourth child, the stitches of the epsiotomy ripped loose. 10 months later, my
Bleeding during and after intercourse; Painful intercourse
I've got high blood pressure. Most of the medication that my doctor has prescribed keeps me from having proper erections. Right now, I've been on Ismelin (guanethidine) for a long time. Are there any
After a while when me and my boyfriend had sex the other night, I had a numbness that went from the bottom of my nose to my top lip and I also was stuttering and felt light headed. We did use a condom
I am in love with a man who is has problems with physical intimacy and emotional intimacy. I read through the article on problems of inexperience and shyness and the IPSA and AASECT orgs. Is it possib
At 41 I have never had sexual intercourse. The idea of getting a PAP smear scares me to death. I tighten up at the thought of any coming near my vagina, although I have never had a problem with orgas
I'd like to know about female ejaculation. I gush profusely when I have an orgasm and it embaresses me. Where does it come from? Am I peeing?
Almost everytime I have sex with my boyfriend, just when I reach the climax point I go "crazy". I shake and fight to get away. This makes me cry and I have been told that I almost look like I am goi
I'v had back surgery,and i'm wordering if i will everyenjoy sex again .
Do I have to take testosterone replacement therapy as my testosterone level and use any aphr odiasiacs.
After having suffered damaged blood vessels in my penis 3 years ago through blockage of penis during ejaculation, I now find that I cannot get a full erection. The bottom half of the penis is hard as
I am interested in having anal sex with my wife but have noticed that in the movies the girls that have anal sex look like their rectum is stretched. Is this permanent? I read that there is an exercis
I am 23 years old and have had several sexual partners. I have never particularly enjoyed intercouse but this could be due to the brief nature of the encounters. I have been in a loving and sexually
I have been dating my girlfriend now for over a year now and we both need an answer to a pressing concern. I have an extremely high sex drive, bordering on compulsive and I react negatively when my pa
I am a 29 year old female. I have been married for 6 years and 9 months, and in the past year and a half or so my sex drive has almost completely vanished. My husband and I used to have sex 2-3 times
I am not sure if my problem is medical or sexual but no one seems to have any idea how to help so I thought a miracle may happen here and you may know the answer. Can a time come in a womans life when
since 7 years (long before my hormones were getting out of balance) I suddenly got a pain at (in) my clitoris. It feels like neuralic pain. The specialists and sexuologist were not able to help me. Th
I've been married for the last 10 yrs. Our marriage was great and our sex lives were great also. But the last 4 yrs it’s all going down hill. I love my husband we had an open relationship, which was g
I'm 31 years old, female and I'm married. I have a problem that is causing me lots of anguish. I have no desire for sex at all. My husband is very attractive. I've been feeling this way after ab
Recently a new friend told me he had penile reduction surgery..is there such a surgical procedure? I'm pretty skeptical.
Redness of Scrotum persists for months now (only one side). No itch, just aestheticly unpleasant.
Oral sex (mutual) is very important to me, but soon after we were married my wife unilaterally decided (without even talking with me about it)that we would no longer engage in oral sex on the grounds
hi, i'm a 29 years old male who's still virgin!! i've been masturbating since i was 14, i'm getting married so soon, but i think that my sex drive is not as it used to be, is there any way to increase
Q:when a man sucks milk from his wifes breast does it have any side effects(-ive or +ive)on the her mamary glands,her over all health,or the man's health?does this act(suckling)damage the breast or ha
My best friend was told she has HVP, an STD which can lead to cancer (uterine??) What is it and what can you tell us about it?? Thank you.
I recently started to have sexual relations with a women I have dated for some time. We both are recently divorced after being married for a long time. I love performing oral sex on her, but she has
I am going in for a hysterectomy in 4 weeks for adenomyosis. Will my husband be able to tell during sex ? Will I be bigger or will it not change much in the sense of feeling for him? I fear that I wil
Hi I am From India. I have been masturbating for past 15 years. Sometimes it used to be 10 times in a day. Now the problem is that i dont get orgasm when i masturbate. I am too shy to contact a docto
I have never been able to orgasm with a partner. When I masturbate, it takes a while for me to build up to orgasm, but once that happens, I am able to have dozens, with a short downtime between each.
I want to know if it is possible to become pregnant by having unprotected anal sex?
Every time I have an orgasm I get dizzy and hear a loud ringing in my ears.
I'm a 32 old male, healthy and athletic with probably above normal sexual desire. But my most intensive orgasm comes not from having sex with an attractive partner, but from getting into certain posit
Dear Dr. Owens I had direct Inguinal Hernia repair a week and a half ago. About 5 days after surgery I masturbated and then just 3 days ago my wife brought me to orgasm orally. Yesterday I mastur
Hello. I am 19 and I am in great need of your help. I know this question will sound like I'm under age but you must trust me. I do not know how to properly masturbate. Please, I need your help greatly
I have never been able to orgasm. I thought it may be due to medication I was taking, but I switched and even got off the medication and still experience the same problem. I haven't lost my sex driv
I've been with my boyfriend for three years. We've never had sex on a regular basis. How often we have sex varies from month to month. About two and a half months ago, I started bleeding a little afte
Recently, I watched a program on TV -The Early Show- and there was a discussion about something that you could take to increase your sexual desire. I did not catch the whole conversation, but one of t
I have been frustrated for years over what is "normal" sexually and what is not. I have many desires that I am not sure are normal. This causes quite a bit of stress in my life almost to the point of
i am trying to find out if any of the meds I am currently taking can cause sexual problems.
I am concerned as it seems I am unable to get an erection properly under any circumstances. This applies to both when (attempting!) to have sex with my wife, masturbating and also when I wake up in th
Hello doctor. i would very much like to know if a woman can get pregnant when she has sexual intercourse 1 or 2 days before her menstruation. she's got irregular menstruation cycle and she said she ha
my boyfriend and i have lived together for 2 months we sleep in seperate rooms. Sometimes he sends me to bed to my room then he gets on his computer to look at porn. I told him this bothers me. He say
My ejaculate is half a solid, spongy-like consistancy.
I am 47 year old male. No partners for past 5 years. Masturbate every 4-5 days. In the past 2 months, the discharge just leaves tip of penis. I used to be able to discharge 3-5 feet. Could any uri
My boyfriend has a sexual fantasy to have sex with two woman. I support him. Sometimes we see pictures about this fantasy and get excited, To have it is good for the relationship? and In case that the
I was born with spinabifida and developed epilepsy at the age of 10. I am now in my late thirties. Browsing the web I discovered that Phenytoin can lower sexual libido. I have been taking Phenytoin
I am frequently hearing about individuals in the BDSM and/or D/s lifestyle practicing somtehing they refer to as Denial of Release. I would like to obtain as many aspects as possible to the good an
Hi I am a 31yo male that is HIV/+ but otherwise healthy and not currently sexually active. My question is that recently I have noticed when I masturbate that my semen is dark colored and has some bloo
My husband's low sexual desire
My Primary concern is about my girl friend. About 2weeks ago we had sex and when she took the condom out, we saw there is some blood outside the condom. She states that she doesn't feel any pain at al
Hi, I am 31 years old and have had first sexual intercourse one month ago. I understand that it is always painful to lose viriginity but still it was not possible to have a full intercourse with my h
i am an 18year old female. I bleed after masturbation, even if i don't orgasm. The bleeding usually lasts for a few days but on occassion has continued for up to 3 weeks. I am positive that it occu
i seem to expieriance a dark white substance on my bed sheets after having sex with my boyfriend, he wears a condom so it cant be from him, help why is this???
This probably isn't a very common question, it's just that most of the "ask an expert" websites seem like they're not really experts, this website looks different. I recently purchased some flavored
Is it safe--and effective--to use rHGH products for increasing sexual desire? I didn't marry until age 52. Even then, it has been "take it or leave it." I was abstinent for years at a time during my
This is kind of embarassing but I don't want to confront a doctor face-to-face about this. I was masterbating in the bathroom, I must have bent my penis to hard or something. Because it made a poppi
I was takeing high doses of Zoloft among other antidepressents when I was 14. I discontinued the medication after a mounth of being impotent. Ever sence then I feel like my penis has not grow lager
I am 35 and have been dating a man who 10 years older, we recently had sex for the first time, and he did not ejaculate. He used a condom, but it came off during intercourse and unfortunately remaine
I am 24 years old and have been married for one year.For the last six months or so, I have had absolutely no interest in sex or sexual activity, and it is starting to cause a lot of problems in my mar
Ever since I was about 9 yrs old I have always ejaculated by rubbing my penis against a pillow so whenever I ejaculated, my penis was always standing straight up. After many years of doing this, now w
well when i masturbate the back of my head hurts it is the lower left part in the back it only hurts when i try to masturbate can you please tell me whats wrong.
Too much pre-ejaculate and overly aroused when dancing close, making out. The other night I was at a club dancing close with a girl rubbing against each other. Later I could see a small amount of pr
there is a 5 yr old boy in my son's after school program. during quiet time (watch tv, story time, etc.) this boy lays on his stomach and proceeds to "hump" the carpet. is there a reason for this? is
well my Boy friend just started fingering me a couple months ago. at first it was bad but now i bleed pretty much every time he does it. i dont know why. we dont do it during my period. i'm afraid it
