Cock rings happen to be one of the most popular sex accessories because of their effect. By constricting blood flow, they can help maintain erections, increase sensitivity, and prolong sexual encounters. Sounds amazing, and in fact it may be, but only if you use them with knowledge and according to safety rules.

There are some sex accessories, toys, furniture or other equipment that require some know-how. Cock rings happen to be exactly this type of a sex accessory. It can provide powerful effects, but if you don’t do homework, you can miss most of them. Even worse, some men end up in emergency rooms, with stuck cock rings, swollen penises and immense helplessness. We certainly don’t want this to happen to you, so please invest some time to learn how to use cock rings in a safe and pleasurable way. Being a sex nerd is definitely of use.

Now before we dive into the tips on responsible use of cock rings, it seems important to quickly explain how they work. Penis gets erected due to blood flow through arteries, which are deep inside the penis. It gets back to a calm state because the blood flows out of penis through the veins, which typically happen to be on the surface of the penis. So the cock ring restricts the veins and the blood cannot flow out. The arteries remain unrestricted, meaning that the blood may enter the penis, but cannot leave it. So the main safety tips about using a cock ring are related to this mechanism and avoiding a situation which happens with too tight rings on fingers. Although generally wearing a ring on a finger is nice and does not cause trouble, putting on a ring too tight for too long ends up in a badly swollen finger, making it nearly impossible to take it off. You definitely do not want this to happen to your penis, so please keep in mind the main safety tips related to cock rings:

• Choose the right size, or ideally, elastic or adjustable size cock ring. Cock rings come in various sizes, so it's crucial to select one that fits comfortably and securely. A cock ring should be snug enough to enhance erections but not too tight that it causes discomfort. Depending on how you plan to place the cock ring, it is a good idea to measure the circumference of your erected penis or the circumference around the erected penis and the testicles before going to a sex shop or ordering online. Unfortunately this is not a type of a good that you try on and send back if the size does not fit you. This is why it is worth it to understand what size you need before buying, so that you don’t end up neither trying to squeeze into something too small, nor fail to experience the effects due to looseness.
• Choose the right material. Never choose metal, gem stone, wooden or other rigid material that cannot be cut off easily in case of emergency. Safety is always first. We understand the possible appeal of, let’s say, a steel cock ring, but unless the model is in some way easily openable, of adjustable size or combined with a non rigid material, wearing it is truly too risky. Remember the story about too tight rings and swollen fingers.
  Much more safe options are silicon, rubber, and leather cock rings.
• Limit Wear Time. It's recommended not to wear a cock ring for more than 20 minutes at a time. If you...