A urologist has revealed a scientifically proven way to enhance your sex life, and it's pretty simple.
Dr Rena Malik is a urologist and pelvic surgeon who regularly shares educational videos about urologic and sexual health.
Over on her YouTube channel, Dr Malik shared a video about how to use yours and your partner's erogenous zones to increase satisfaction in the bedroom - and it's proven to work.
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Citing the research, Dr Malik explained that in a study from 2018, a number of couples were asked to practice touching one another at different speeds and in different areas of the body.
While one was asked to be the 'giver', the other was assigned the role of 'receiver'.
"They recruited 19 romantic couples and one partner was assigned to be the giver and the other was the receiver," Dr Malik explained.
"Givers were instructed to give two types of touch, either slow stroking at around 3cm per second or fast stroking at around 18cm per second to the neck which is considered an erogenous zone and the forehead which is a non-erogenous zone."
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Dr Malik explained that the study's results were pretty clear - stroking on the erogenous zone and at a specific speed led to greater pleasure in the bedroom.
"They found that slow stroking touch on the erogenous was significantly more pleasurable than the faster touch or touching the non-erogenous zone," she explained.
Explaining why the findings were so important in terms of sexual pleasure, Dr Malik added: "The human body has specialised nerve fibres they are called C-tactile afferents and they help the brain differentiate a more gentle dynamic touch and they respond best to a gentle stroking touch applied at a specific velocity of 1-10cm per second.
"This is like the typical speed people use when they're caressing or stroking a person that they want to be intimate with.
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"And in particular this CT optimal touch activates the brain regions that are involved in processing emotions and feelings.
"So you're creating this neural pathway that perceives certain types of touch as pleasant and even erotic, and this might be an important mechanism by which humans can differentiate between emotional and erotic touch."
Dr Malik explained that taking the time to explore your own and your partner's erogenous zones could lead to a better sex life.
"Take time to find out your and your partner's erogenous zones and use them to enhance sex," she added.
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Science, YouTube
Lucy Devine