Rimming is generally believed to be low risk. Further, any exposure to a person's mouth or saliva is low risk: nobody gets HIV by receiving oral sex, for example (or so rare to forget about it). Part of the reason is that saliva kills HIV. On top of that, if your partner is from the US, has not had sex with men and is not an injection drug user, the chance he had HIV is zero or close to it.
To your specific questions: 1) Even with potential cuts in his mouth or on your anus, the chance of getting HIV from rimming is zero or close to it. 2) Lots of blood exposure usually is required to transmit HIV sexually. 3) Hairier areas of skin are no more susceptible to HIV than other skin. 4) If this is your only risk, you definitely do not need HIV testing. But if you otherwise are sexually active, you should have an HIV test once a year.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
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Thank you for the kind comment.
Hi Doctor,
no question, not thread jumping, I just wanted to inform you that a person you banned, iknowihaveit, is using the HIV Support Forum under the alias 'BadDay1972'. I actually asked MedHelp to block iknowihaveit weeks ago, but they rarely listen to WW's like me. This guy has seriously abused other forum users and has exploited their willingness to try and help him. I thought the matter would be better in your hands.
Many thanks, as always
Thanks for the heads-up. I have asked MedHelp administration to look into it.
Seems to have done the trick! Thanks, for everything:)