ear massage

[oneq]

I got a massage one week ago in the USA.  The chinese massage therapist very vigurously massaged my ear. She also put her fingers in the ear canal briefly for some time.

As far as i saw she had no cuts nor was she bleeding from her hands. Also she did not have long nails.  

I was kinda taken back by this massage but and did not stop her. Later on my questioning she told me that this was commonly done by her as there were lot of presurre points in the ear.

My ear was a little raw after the massage. I asked a friend to take a look at it. There were no cuts but there were some areas of redness ( I guess from vigurous massage).

What are the risk of aquiring HIV from this exposure? Do I need to get tested for AIDS?

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Is this a joke?  No risk of course.

No continuing discussion, please.

HHH, MD

[monkeyflower]

For the life of me, I can't even begin to imagine why you'd think there was any kind of risk whatsoever from this, but you can relax. There was zero chance of HIV or anything else from this encounter.

And your therapist was telling you the truth; in Chinese medicine, points in the ear correspond to various points in the rest of the body. Same for hands and feet. Yeah, I know, it sounds a little too woo-woo, but it really works for a lot of people.

[oneq]

the reason I am concerned that this massage place did not appear to me to be completely Kosher.  Towards the end she asked me if I was interested in a sensual masage that i refused.

[anotherdummy]

Unless you had receptive ear canal sex with ejaculation then you are fine.

(just kidding, no worries with your situation at all)