It's actually not advisable to use honey on your genitals, as it can contain botulinum spores that can give you an infection.
Nearly everything has botulinum spores. They are in the soil and on dirt and dust everywhere. And produce by extension, including honey. It's only an issue when introduced into a wet(tish) semi-sterile nutrient-rich low acidity anaerobic (low oxygen) environment such as a baby's gut (feeding honey to babies) or the insides of a vagina (people ramming honey/garlic/etc. deep inside their vagina with a tampon/pessary in an attempt to self-medicate vaginal yeast infections), or the contents of an improperly sterilized can or jar.The key word is anaerobic, botulism only grows well in the absence of oxygen, and even then only if the medium is low acidity and doesn't have (too many) other microbes outcompeting it.
Though while it is theoretically possible to contract botulism this way... IIRC there are no such cases reported from people putting honey inside their vag yet.
External applications should mostly be okay, albeit potentially unhygienic and might lead to yeast issues depending on how it is applied and removed.
Docanon said:
Huh. Well now I know.
Marshall_Allen31 said:
It Said that honey can also be used for healing wound because of its anti-bacterial Agent,so which one is correct
Technically both but honey applied externally on male genitalia should have virtually no risk of botulism. Applied via catheter deep inside would be a different story.
The main reason why honey is potentially risky is because it is antimicrobial enough to kill off most microorganisms but not all. Some microbes like yeast and certain bacteria (in spore form) can still survive in a dormant state. Introduce these spores into a suitable medium and they will germinate and reproduce without having their growth being suppressed by the other microbes that usually accompany them. The classic example is a baby's gut, which is why it is strongly advised to NOT feed honey to infants under 1 year of age.
The outside of the skin is not a suitable environment because it's exposed to the air, and botulinum can only thrive under a low oxygen environment. (The skin is also filled with other microbes that don't like to share, incidentally). Open wounds are also (usually) oxygen-rich, and the natural process of wound healing also involves oxygenating the wound because it is crucial to the healing process and helps kills off microbes.
