General health tips

By eating a balanced diet, exercising, playing sports (ideally in the fresh air) and ensuring you get enough sleep you can keep yourself fit and healthy. Take breaks to relax: sticking to fixed working hours and having regular days off can help.

Here are a few more tips for your day-to-day work:

Taking a shower in the morning will do just fine. Excessive cleanliness, such as washing with shower gel or soap after every client, can damage the skin’s protective acidic layer. The skin can then dry out, become more sensitive and more susceptible to pathogens.

In the vagina, there are bacteria that produce lactic acid. They protect the vagina against infections from harmful bacteria (bacterial vaginosis), or thrush (a fungus). If you use vaginal douches, these lactic-acid producing bacteria are also washed away and injuries can occur. This makes the vagina more susceptible to infections. Disinfectant wipes or sprays for intimate use also destroy these lactic-acid producing bacteria.

Thus, remember: Only use lukewarm water when washing your genital area. You can also use a cleansing lotion designed for intimate use (pH-neutral). These can be purchased in supermarkets or pharmacies. You can find them next to tampons and pads.

The vagina is particularly sensitive during this time. This means that germs, such as viruses, bacteria or fungi can enter your body more easily during sex. It is best not to work at all during this time, or to limit your services to handjobs or oral sex. If you still want to offer vaginal sex, you can insert a sponge into your vagina, so that your clients will not be aware that you are on your period.

Sponges can be left inside the vagina for a maximum of eight hours, but must be changed more frequently in case you have a heavy period. You can use sponges only once and you should throw them away into the garbage after use.

Using alcohol and other drugs when at work can affect your ability to think clearly and maintain control. Their effects can make you less aware of danger and make you less able to protect yourself in an emergency situation. For this reason, try to find a level/dose that allows you to work safely. You should only experiment with drugs when you are with people you trust. Do not try new drugs with clients and never take drugs offered to you by clients. Avoid using different drugs at the same time.  Particularly alcohol can interact with other drugs in unpredictable ways. Sometimes alcohol can increase the effect of other drugs (increased aggressiveness, risk of alcohol poisoning, coma).