Via e-mail: I have been using a vibrator since lockdown days, recently I was warned by a friend of mine that I can get addicted to it and will never be able to have normal sex again. I am really worried now. Please advice.

Dr Sharmila Majumdar: Sex-toy addiction is a myth.

Most women need clitoral stimulation in order to orgasm vaginally.

Your vibrator is a tool that can elevate your pleasure to a new level. So instead looking at vibrator as an impediment to your sex life, view it as a sexual wellness aid.

It’s important to have a frank discussion with you partner, if you have one, about how a vibrator gives you pleasure. Also if you are married, tell your husband that a sex-toy is not replacing him, but only enhancing your sex life.

Dr Sharmila Majumdar is India’s first board certified (US) female sexologist and a founding member of vvox.

WHY VVOX CLINIC

Since the start of Covid-19, personal health, including sexual health, has been placed under a microscope. Now with the brutal second wave raging on in India, the pandemic has led to questions surrounding safe sex and reproductive health more than ever.

At VVox Clinic, an initiative of VVox, a network of globally renowned sexual health practitioners from India, US and Singapore, our mission is to provide free medical advice and guidance on sexual and reproductive health, wherever you are, non-judgmentally.

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