Should I Use Lube When Masturbating?

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I never really got in the habit of using a personal lubricant when masturbating. I do enjoy the sensation of wanking with lube, but I never found it enough of a boost over going dry to justify the added hassle/mess. I normally masturbate 5-7 times a week (and have sex 1-2 times) and do it dry. I mostly focus on my shaft, going as high as the edge of the glans, but I tend to finish by rubbing my glans dry with a moderate grip. I find this gives me a more fulfilling orgasm than the shaft-only approach some guys seem to take (my girlfriend avoids direct glans contact during handjobs and when asked about it she told me all her exes told her to focus on the shaft and only touch the head during bjs).

I feel my penis is somewhat less sensitive than it was in my late teens/early twenties - I am 27 now, but I am not sure how much of this is due to how I masturbate and how much is down to ageing/no longer being a sex-crazed teen. I can last longer in bed and orgasms are as good as they've ever been, but I am unsure if my masturbation technique and lack of lube will have a negative impact in the longer run.

What do you guys think? Is masturbating dry harmful in the long run and should I try and use lube more frequently and/or avoid direct glans contact?
 

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I never really got in the habit of using a personal lubricant when masturbating. I do enjoy the sensation of wanking with lube, but I never found it enough of a boost over going dry to justify the added hassle/mess. I normally masturbate 5-7 times a week (and have sex 1-2 times) and do it dry. I mostly focus on my shaft, going as high as the edge of the glans, but I tend to finish by rubbing my glans dry with a moderate grip. I find this gives me a more fulfilling orgasm than the shaft-only approach some guys seem to take (my girlfriend avoids direct glans contact during handjobs and when asked about it she told me all her exes told her to focus on the shaft and only touch the head during bjs).

I feel my penis is somewhat less sensitive than it was in my late teens/early twenties - I am 27 now, but I am not sure how much of this is due to how I masturbate and how much is down to ageing/no longer being a sex-crazed teen. I can last longer in bed and orgasms are as good as they've ever been, but I am unsure if my masturbation technique and lack of lube will have a negative impact in the longer run.

What do you guys think? Is masturbating dry harmful in the long run and should I try and use lube more frequently and/or avoid direct glans contact?

3 masturbations per day are completely normal, but the individual masturbations should not exceed 5 minutes. The lubrication between the foreskin and glans (glans) is also important. I've been using butter for many years and have had good experiences with it. Then the foreskin glides well over the glans when the stroke is full, causing pleasant feelings.
I use the entire stroke of the foreskin over the glans because I removed my frenulum myself. Masturbation is also very healthy, especially ejaculation, because it flushes the prostate.
 
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I am cut, but I have enough foreskin to jackoff dry (right-handed and usually in public restrooms when I don't have lube). Otherwise, I jack left-handed and lubed.

I think if you have enough skin to slide up and down your shaft and head, that's great. Otherwise, I'd lube up
 

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I am cut, but I have enough foreskin to jackoff dry (right-handed and usually in public restrooms when I don't have lube). Otherwise, I jack left-handed and lubed.

I think if you have enough skin to slide up and down your shaft and head, that's great. Otherwise, I'd lube up
The problem is I have no skin to slide up and down. I don't feel the need to use lube, it's more a question of whether it does any harm if I keep doing it dry with hardly any skin to slide.
 

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I am unsure if my masturbation technique and lack of lube will have a negative impact in the longer run.

Is masturbating dry harmful in the long run

I think you've been reading too many weird-ass threads on LPSG. Your dick won't fall off or stop working. Use lube if you want. Or not. There's no right or wrong answer here, just a bunch of people who spend far more time than is healthy masturbating...

...don't stress.

Have a wank.

Go on with your life.

:)
 
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I never use lube except on very very rare occasions where i know i have an exorbitant amount of time to fully enjoy, and then fully clean up the mess.

Pre-cum oozing out of my cock is plenty enough lube for me to "penis head only" tease myself by making a ring with my thumb and another finger... if i even need that. Our cock heads are so sensitive dry works perfectly fine for me.

Does lube add a different sensation? Absolutely it does. Slippery & Wet vibe to it. But it's too messy to me to warrant using it as anything but a rare next level masturbation additive.

Been jacking it dry since i discovered it. My cocks perfectly fine and fully sensitive. Can't speak for anyone but myself of course.
 

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Lube is for special occasions or toys. I am kinda obsessed with my big head and with a dry rub I don't go past the bottom of the head so it gets huge.

Lube feels fucking amazing when it is a treat but as an everyday thing the sensation wears off imho.
 

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Two words: Coconut. Oil.

It’s cheap, it’s easy to find, it smells good, just don’t get it on your sheets/clothes or use it with condoms. In all seriousness, any frequent masturbation should be done with lube, as doing it dry desensitizes you/irritates the skin. It’s the reason a lot of guys can’t get off unless they’re jacking. Plus, using lube lets you try/feel so much more than wiggling it back and forth. It’s also much better practice for learning what you like with the lads/ladies.
 

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Lube is for special occasions or toys. I am kinda obsessed with my big head and with a dry rub I don't go past the bottom of the head so it gets huge.

Lube feels fucking amazing when it is a treat but as an everyday thing the sensation wears off imho.

Amazing. It's exactly true for me too but I've never really realized it until reading this.
 
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Years ago a meaning-well buddy told me I should try wanking with lube. What a fiasco. He was cut. I'm not. If my hand is the least bit slippery I'm going to lose my grip completely. I produce what I consider to be copious amounts of precum, and that mixed with the lube makes me feel like a guy falling off a cliff grasping at slippery roots.
 

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I never really got in the habit of using a personal lubricant when masturbating. I do enjoy the sensation of wanking with lube, but I never found it enough of a boost over going dry to justify the added hassle/mess. I normally masturbate 5-7 times a week (and have sex 1-2 times) and do it dry. I mostly focus on my shaft, going as high as the edge of the glans, but I tend to finish by rubbing my glans dry with a moderate grip. I find this gives me a more fulfilling orgasm than the shaft-only approach some guys seem to take (my girlfriend avoids direct glans contact during handjobs and when asked about it she told me all her exes told her to focus on the shaft and only touch the head during bjs).

I feel my penis is somewhat less sensitive than it was in my late teens/early twenties - I am 27 now, but I am not sure how much of this is due to how I masturbate and how much is down to ageing/no longer being a sex-crazed teen. I can last longer in bed and orgasms are as good as they've ever been, but I am unsure if my masturbation technique and lack of lube will have a negative impact in the longer run.

What do you guys think? Is masturbating dry harmful in the long run and should I try and use lube more frequently and/or avoid direct glans contact?
So what I'm hearing is that you're concerned you're making your glans less sensitive due to the regular dry friction?

I think it's perfectly possible that this has happened overtime however I've never read of someone getting to the stage where they have significantly reduced sensation, to the point where it stops you being able to feel much of anything.

If it's something you're concerned about then maybe mix it up a bit and see what the results are. Sounds like you know that your best orgasms are with a dry hand though so finding your happy medium might take a few tries.

More specifically about hand-job technique, I have to remind my husband sometimes to include my head because I kinda hate the sensation of his fingers just sort of smacking against the hilt of my head. :joy: I don't get a great deal of pleasure from my shaft but perhaps it's because my glans are so sensitive it makes it seem that way.
 

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Well if you go blind you're wanking to much, if your spun comes out with blood traces you're wanking to much.
If you cock gets sore through wanking dry but not when using a lube use common sense.
If you hand aches, your balls ache then obviously 5 time an hour is going to far..
You feel like a wank - have one, counting and keeping score isn't healthy.
 
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The problem is I have no skin to slide up and down. I don't feel the need to use lube, it's more a question of whether it does any harm if I keep doing it dry with hardly any skin to slide.

As semi cut, I always used the skin and never lube. When I decided to go bare head, part of the ritual of getting a full circumciosion was buing white briefs and lube. I had enough skin that I still moved it up/donw without it going over head. Over time, i adjusted with fingers rubbing rim of head. I used lube now and then, but genereally proved anti-circers wrong sicne I didn't "need" lube to j/o. early 2019, I got cut tight enough that there is no movement left when hard. Siurprisingly, my brain adapted quickly to rubbving shaft and head as one solid stick. And I did it dry with occasional use fo lube if I was sweaty. (doing it dry required you be "dry" so hand can slide).

Last december, without realizing it, I used lube one night, as another occasional use. By january, I realised that I had been using lube every time since december. I am now at a point where a couple of times I decided to try it dry, start to rub it, but every time, my brain instinctively reached the the jar of coconut oil.

I don't know that I "need" to use lube, but it has become second nature to me. It came naturally because in the end, it is faster and orgasm stronger.

Whereas in my early days of being bare head cut, I sort of fought against use of lube to prove anti-circers wrong, eventually, I let go and the use of lube came naturally.

Don't fight it. If it feels good, use lube.

Coconut oil last long, easy to clean from dick. I had tried KY once and found it to be useless. It didn't last long, costs a lot of money, and it breaks the builuop if you need to stop to add more lube.

But coconut oil is another thing. Just spreading the semi solid paste and feeling it melt on galns and the spreading it all ofver dick is now part of stimulationa nd gets me hard thinking about it.