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Don’ts of Condom Use
Do's/Don'ts 
Tags: Sexual Health, Safe Sex, Condom Use
Potentially a great mystery if this is something your parents or your older brother did not discuss with you, below is a list of “Don’ts” from the American Social Health Associations in relation to condom use:
| | DON'T use out of date condoms. Check the expiration date carefully. Old condoms can be dry, brittle or weakened and can break more easily. |
| | DON'T unroll the condom before putting it on the erect penis. |
| | DON'T leave condoms in hot places like your wallet or in your car. |
| | DON'T use oil-based products, like baby or cooking oils, hand lotion or petroleum jelly (like Vaseline®) as lubricants with latex condoms. The oil quickly weakens latex and can cause condoms to break. |
| | DON'T use your fingernails or teeth when opening a condom wrapper. It's very easy to tear the condom inside. If you do tear a condom while opening the wrapper, throw that condom away and get a new one. |
| | DON'T reuse a condom. Always use a new condom for each kind of sex you have. |
| | DON'T regularly use lubricants with spermicide called nonoxynol-9 ("N-9") as they may cause skin irritation or tiny abrasions that make the genital skin more susceptible to STDs. |
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Source:
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