To be honest...

....most men WANT uncovered BJ's and a percentage want BBFS as well  ~ obviously the latter is redundant and completely stupid to those who do it (did you know that HIV can stay in your body for 2 months without you even knowing it?)  Due Diligence is very important regarding  STD protection. If you choose providers that do not have a reputation, who have low scores and low donations - watch out! It makes more sense to put out a bit more of a donation and know that the Provider you are seeing has a great reputation over 20 reviews.  Taking chances is probably not a good choice for BBBJ's if you feel that the provider isn't clean and respectable of her surroundings as well. Just my two cents.....xooxoxox Chloe

Well Stated Ally...Might I add...

This tidbit... whether many gents realize it or not many of us assess our risk very carefully and that's why some things such as swallowing maybe ymmv in certain cases. We do not ask you to shower, and scrub well because we are chewing up clock time but because we are very aware of minimizing our risk. That being said, some gents may be asked to don a raincoat if it is deemed necessary during a bj. I don't like doing that, I prefer bbbj but I have had a few very drippy gents who either had a bad diet or just funky spunk that I couldn't err..swallow. Pun intended but try to make it pleasurable for us as well.

There are some very awful antibiotic resistant strains of std's that are making there way into our hobby. Gonorrhea being on of them which I certainly do not want. We all have to be aware and very responsible in proactively preventing issues before they happen. I am extremely hygienic and expect the same from my partners, that includes regular testing and utilizing safer practices while still having a hell of a good time.

Nobody is saying don't have fun, just make sure you are performing due diligence and expect the same.

Cheers.
Grace

"I had a girlfriend a few years ago (a highly regarded East Coast provider, now retired) who contracted chlamydia in her throat through performing BBBJ."  -Ally

What if she had offered Deep Throat on some of those performances?  So, I ask: might a provider be more at risk of chlamydia from DTBBBJNQ(NS if applicable) compared to simple BBBJNQNS?  Think about it.  Just asking.

Is there a doctor in the thread?

Agreed and well said, Ally.  I would only add (as if it needs saying) that the recipient of oral sex is at demonstrably more risk of an STD than the giver, especially if it's BBBJ with CIM.  And although certain precautions can in theory minimize the odds of catching an orally transmitted STD, there is no way (short of, say, a Q-tip culture) to tell whether a guy has an STD before performing oral on him.  The presence of discharge may very well suggest an STD such as gonorrhea, but the absence of drip or order could simply mean that the fellow is in the asymptomatic period of infection (for most guys symptoms show up within a week, but for some it can take up to a month).  If oral is performed on (for the sake of example) twenty-five guys over the course of a couple of weeks, and half of those guys have an STD, the odds are actually all of them, every single one of them, being symptomatic; some of the men will simply not be symptomatic, and some of them will be capable of transmitting the infection nonetheless.  It's a relatively low risk activity compared to unprotected intercourse (for a variety of reasons), but compared to CBJ or BBBJ without CIM it's a very very high risk activity.  A couple of years ago, a pretty demure and prim gal pal of mine went out on a man-binge following a break-up with her long-time lover, and over that one lost, wild weekend, she had a grand total of two one-night stands.  She performed unprotected oral on a fellow she met at a bar frequented by professionals, she did not swallow but spat, and she still caught GC from one of those two fellows.  I think the question most of the TER dudes are interested in -- for selfish reasons -- is, What are the odds of catching an STD from a provider who offers BBBJ to other dudes?  There are a host of answers to this question that can be easily researched on the web, but the short answer is that the risk is very, very low unless there are sores visible on the provider's lips or there are other indicia of unusually high transmissibility (such as red gums suggesting gums that easily bleed).

Or to be brief about it:  For the guy it's a risk and although it's a small one it's a very real one if you're the guy who brings home an STD to your significant other.