# Cum is a face cream??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 20, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726 "2000-10-20T23:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Omega007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega007)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/1 "2000-10-20T23:27:42Z")
I was having a conversation the other day and I don’t how this subject came up, but I was told that some women use men’s semen to put of their face and hair to enrich their hair and to tighten the skin. Is this true? Or is this a complete line of Bullsh\*t? I’m also curious if there are men and women out there who practice this and if it acutally does anything for them. Let me know cause I am dying to know… ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/2 "2000-10-20T23:40:39Z")
Gentlemen, I beg of you: let’s stick together on this one. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/3 "2000-10-21T00:33:30Z")
It’s a new kind of hair gel! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/4 "2000-10-21T01:03:16Z")
Go to your web browser’s search function and type in “Facials”. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/5 "2000-10-21T01:17:47Z")
Of course, there’s that pesky “tear duct pregnancy” side effect… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/6 "2000-10-21T01:55:48Z")
Yes, my partner and I (both guys) have tongues that positively GLOW! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/7 "2000-10-21T06:17:09Z")
If there are women who do that, I suspect that it’s not because of any actual beuaty-enhancing effects of the substance in question, but because there’s some guy with a website paying them to take pictures of it being applied. One wonders what your friend’s sources were for this information. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/8 "2000-10-21T06:18:16Z")
I happen to know that semen is excellent for cleaning hard woods furniture. Don’t ask me how I know that, though. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/9 "2000-10-21T06:40:18Z")
I think this topic definitely demands more research. When can I come over? ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/10 "2000-10-21T07:42:16Z")
Jacqueline Susann, _Valley of the Dolls_ - one of the characters in that book used it as a facial. egg white is a useful facial though mind you I am _NOT_ volunteering ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/11 "2000-10-21T14:49:57Z")
Omega007, why not try it on your face & see if it works? Semen is mostly sugars, so, regular sugar would work as well. Watch out for ants. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/12 "2000-10-21T15:42:50Z")
I can see _that_ conversation now… Man: Honey, can I splooge on your face? Woman: Ew! You nasty! Man: No! I mean, it’s a face cream. Woman: Oh, really? Man: Yeah! Better than Vaseline Intensive Care! Woman: How do you know this? Man: It says it in this educational video (holds up a copy of _Features Facials: Cum in my nose!_ starring Jizzy Pearl and other starlets) It even shows you the right way to rub it in! Woman: Well, in that case… ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/13 "2000-10-21T21:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*Gentlemen, I beg of you: let’s stick together on this one. \*\* Words fail me…but not for long! How could a subject such as this come up? But seriously…I read somewhere that semen consists of sugars and protein. So pouring milk on your face might have the same effect, without the required work of, um, extraction. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/14 "2000-10-21T21:58:46Z")
\>\> So pouring milk on your face might have the same effect, without the required work of, um, extraction The effect for the one doing the pouring is definitely not the same. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cum-is-a-face-cream/37726/15 "2000-10-21T22:17:35Z")
This whole thing is probably an old idea that was written in a book by Linda Lovelace. They said she wrote it, but later in her book, Out of Bondage, she said that Chuck wrote the book. Semen is not an effective facial cream,plus, you can get HIV from using it that way if you have any zits.