what is the reason that using baby oil with a condom will cause damage to the condom
Using baby oil with a condom will damage the latex of the condom, causing it to break.
It’s important to use only water-based lubricants, such as K-Y jelly or Astroglide, with latex condoms. Oil-based lubricants like petroleum jelly, cold cream, butter, or mineral and vegetable oils damage latex.
Here is a list of lubricants that are safe to use with all condoms:
- Aqua Lube
- Astroglide
- Corn Huskers Lotion
- deLUBE
- ForPlay
- Glycerin
- Gynol II
- H-R lubricating jelly
- K-Y lubricating jelly
- PrePair
- silicone lubricant
- water and saliva
- Wet — silicone and water-based only
And here is a list of lubricants that are unsafe to use with latex condoms:
- Aldara Cream
- baby oil
- Bag Balm
- Butter
- cold cream
- head and body lotions
- massage oils
- mineral oil
- petroleum jelly
- rubbing alcohol
- shortening
- suntan oil and lotions
- certain vaginal yeast infection medicine
- vegetable or cooking oils
- whipped cream