As of right now I still consider it to be a fad. Coconut oil is the new olive oil is the new margarine is the new black. I have yet to find conclusive medical research about the safety of *any* oil in the vaginal canal, or of coconut oil in the rectal canal, and so far all the gynaecologists I’ve queried haven’t gotten solid answers for me either. Are there people who use it and swear by it? Yeah. That’s not really good enough for me. I’d lean towards a documented safe quality water-based or silicone lube, personally.

Coconut oil is many things, including a current fad. Whether it is actually a good choice for sexual lubricant is still undetermined. It’s a moderately comedogenic oil, which means that it can clog pores. Coconut oil’s ph balance can vary wildly, which is also a reason for caution. Oil based lubricants of any type are also not safe for latex and polyisoprene condoms. While coconut oil is definitely something that is popular amongst some circles, I am still hesitant to endorse it’s use for sex purposes until there is more information about how it effects the vaginal flora and/or the rectal tissues.

I have friends who love it in terms of not being incompatible with their vag, but i think one of the keys to the good aspects of it is making sure it’s not the bleached deodorized coconut oil. But I’ve not seen anything about it in terms of bodily ph, just happy users. *shrug*

I wish that I had this reference years ago. I knew about the issue with silicone lubes and the “like dissolves like” problem. Of course I hadn’t learned about it until my wife
and I had been using Liquid Silk with our silicone toys for several months. We had several heart-clenching moments in between learning about the problem, and discovering that Liquid Silk was OK for them. I had these images of our toys disintegrating like the characters in the last few minutes of the most recent “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. Wait; that’s a bad reference since no one probably actually watched that movie but me. Perhaps a better image would be the toys dissolving like the painting in “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. Perhaps the Dildos of Dorian Gray?

I’d not recommend Boy Butter vaginally, but food-grade virgin coconut oil might be ok? I’m not aware of any studies on coconut oil specifically and compatibility with vaginas. I do know that there are folk who use it, but then again I know folk who use boot grease as lube so that doesn’t mean a whole lot. I do know I’ve seen more brands of coconut oil based lube on the market than just Boy Butter, one of whom I believe was just 100% virgin coconut oil. I’d probably still lean toward not using them vaginally though. That’s just my personal take though.