# Penis Yeast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338 "2006-01-17T07:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/21 "2006-01-18T04:57:58Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > And, FTR, smegma is good for you. It keeps all the skin and mucus membranes there moist and happy, and also has bactericidal effects. “Smegma™ - Helping and disgusting people for over 50 years” ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/22 "2006-01-18T04:59:25Z")
BTW, eating yogurt with active culture may help ward of yeast infections if you are prone to them. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/23 "2006-01-18T05:17:14Z")
Or you could just stick your wang in a tub of Yoplait. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/24 "2006-01-18T06:56:34Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > Or you could just stick your wang in a tub of Yoplait. Heck of a way to stir your yogurt. “Yoplait - Now available in Smeg-On-The-Bottom flavor!” ---
**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/25 "2006-01-18T08:10:26Z")
Yes men can get yeast infections. Anywhere warm and moist. I would not recommend. A word to the wise, ALWAYS use a fresh towel after a shower. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/26 "2006-01-18T14:35:37Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > Yes men can get yeast infections. Just another slipppery rung on the corporate ladder, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/27 "2006-01-18T14:47:02Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > Yes men can get yeast infections. Anywhere warm and moist. I would not recommend. > > A word to the wise, ALWAYS use a fresh towel after a shower. Guess we know why you’re surly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/28 "2006-01-18T14:58:21Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > What do you mean? How should one be careful? > > Antibiotics have many different potential interactions and side-effects, and some things that are commonly attributed to antibiotics aren’t really associated with most of them either. What are you recommending? Apologies - I know my post was lame fro GQ on thr SDMB. My post was incomplete, and was suppossed to have a link about overuse of antibiotics and the typical side effects. Said link is now sitting in my fave folder at home, not here at the office. There is a healthy debate to be had about when to use antibiotics and for how long. Maybe I am begging the question by jumping in and assuming we are in agreement that antibiotic use is associated with yeast infections. The link was to add a list of possible other ailments. My bad - carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/29 "2006-01-18T15:13:15Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > Yes men can get yeast infections. Anywhere warm and moist. I would not recommend. > > A word to the wise, ALWAYS use a fresh towel after a shower. Seriously, you throw your towel in the laundry every day? So - I’m assuming you shower daily - you go through seven towels a _week_? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/30 "2006-01-18T16:55:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Seriously, you throw your towel in the laundry every day? So - I’m assuming you shower daily - you go through seven towels a _week_? Uh…yeah? Nice and clean and dry becomes nice and clean and moist and warm and sits in the dark for the rest of the day. That’s not tumeric growing on your towel, baby! And FTR, not everyone uses a towel. Some of us prefer to “air dry.” ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/31 "2006-01-18T17:14:44Z")
Yeah, I used to do that, too…use 7 towels a week. Then I got married. The laundry duties fell to my wife (and please, no jokes…we split chores, but she gets laundry because I hate it and I get grocery shopping because she hates it). Washing 14 towels a week was really not her thing. So we let the towels hang dry. In the bathroom. They’re fine by the next morning, and we’ve never had a problem from them. Or at least I haven’t. This wasn’t the way I was raised. Lord knows how my mother managed to stand washing 28 towels a week (4 people x 7 showers per week) while my brother and I were young…but I’ll certainyl not demand (or even suggest) it to my wife. ---
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/32 "2006-01-18T17:35:28Z")
IMHO, a towel can be used for 3-4 days, on average, before an odor developes. I do the laundry duty in our household, and towels take up alot of space in the washer. You do what you have to do. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/33 "2006-01-18T18:24:43Z")
> [@festiva76](#): > > IMHO, a towel can be used for 3-4 days, on average, before an odor developes. I do the laundry duty in our household, and towels take up alot of space in the washer. You do what you have to do. I keep using a towel till it seems noticeably dirty. That’s a lot longer than 3-4 days. But I do make sure they dry well by hanging them outside the bathroom (which is obviously one of the damper parts of the house) - maybe that odor is mildew from the towels staying too moist. Laundering towels is a bitch because you can’t fit that many in a load. So I don’t wash mine any more than necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/34 "2006-01-18T19:37:26Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > That’s a lot longer than 3-4 days. If you wait even longer, you don’t have to hang them, you can dry them by standing them up in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/35 "2006-01-18T21:10:07Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > But I do make sure they dry well by hanging them outside the bathroom (which is obviously one of the damper parts of the house) - maybe that odor is mildew from the towels staying too moist. I just make sure my towels are spread out as good as possible when they’re hung on the towel rack. I guess it does get mildewy (sp.) quickly being right beside the shower. Of course, it’s the wife that takes the steaming hot showers. I prefer mine just barely warm. I’m sure she causes most of the mildew issue. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/36 "2006-01-18T21:51:41Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > If you wait even longer, you don’t have to hang them, you can dry them by standing them up in the corner. 🙂 Never been an issue for me. > [@festiva76](#): > > I just make sure my towels are spread out as good as possible when they’re hung on the towel rack. I guess it does get mildewy (sp.) quickly being right beside the shower. Of course, it’s the wife that takes the steaming hot showers. I prefer mine just barely warm. I’m sure she causes most of the mildew issue. Ahh, women. Can’t live with 'em. ---
**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338/37 "2006-01-19T18:17:20Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Ahh, women. Can’t live with 'em. Yeah, but it’s sometimes nice, despite the anal cleaning issues she seems to have, she \is\ the mother of my beautiful daughter, so I can’t really complain. Let’s consider this thread officially closed, shall we, before us guys get into some trouble with out SO’s. Thanks, guys, for a good laugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-yeast/340338.md?page=1)