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Jul 9 20
21:45
*I'm getting tested next week but just want to know what anyone thinks to try and possibly ease my mind until then. I recently shaved my vagina and I am super crazy sensitive down there. I get bad razor burn and the next few days after I shave are usually painful and itchy and razor burn everywhere. I was in a rush so it was one of the worse times as well as I have to be REALLY careful when I do. I did get some cuts very close to my opening. This was all a few days ago, not too long but still a few days. The razor burn is slowly going down but still there. Well, I had sex yesterday. Right on the outside of my opening, like RIGHT around it, is really itchy and painful now. It looks normal ... maybe a little red but that's it. I seriously can't tell if its from the shaving and then maybe the friction from sex or if I have an STI now or something. The little cuts I mentioned before are not around there (kind of close) but for all I know, I irritated that part while shaving as well as sometimes the edge/case of the razor rubs against that and maybe sometimes the blades, but not for sure. I'm panicking that it's an STI but everything I google says they (usually) have fever and/or painful urination or frequent urination which I don't have any of those. It also says itching for 2 weeks or more and this has only been one day, since I had sex. I'm panicking so much that I have something and just hoping it's only irritation from shaving my very sensitive area recently and recklessly. I am getting tested next week, I'm just sooo super anxious and hoping anyone has any advice or help or thoughts? Thank you so much.
 
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Jul 9 20
21:47
It honestly sounds like the shaving explains everything
 
Jul 9 20
21:47
Have you ever been tested before?
 
Jul 9 20
21:55
Definitely never rush when shaving the area. Next time if after you shave and you accidentally cut yourself I wouldn’t have sex until the cuts heal as you will only irritate the cuts and introduce bacteria to them. I would still wait to have sex until the cuts are healed. Try not to bother the area too much as it will only irritate or possibly make it worse. If you are worried about possibly having STI I would wait until your next week appointment and get your results back before having sex again? Has your partner been tested recently as well or is planning on getting tested? If he hasn’t I would recommend he get tested as well.
 
Jul 9 20
21:55
@aurielle I got tested a bit ago and was completely clear. But it can only take one person to get something ... I have to go get more birth control anyways and thought I'd do all the tests again anyways, just to be safe cause of some stuff my ex said. I've gotten irritated from sex after shaving before, but not quite like this.
 
Jul 9 20
21:56
Irritation close to this but ... less. Not so extreme.
 
Jul 9 20
21:59
Yeah no harm in getting tested! But I would try not to stress too much before them
 
Jul 9 20
22:00
@Pandafan1 He says he has ... @aurielle If it is an STI, would I be getting symptoms around my mouth or not necessarily?
 
Jul 9 20
22:36
@dancerrruby only if you had the STI on your mouth?
 

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