What is Ohnut?

Ohnut is a “life-changing” product designed to minimize painful sex. It is designed to feel like real skin and made of a non-latex, body safe material. The Ohnut offers gentle comfort during intercourse so you and your partner barely notice it’s there. It can also be used with a sexual device.  Painful intercourse is deep dyspareunia (dis-puh-ROO-nee-uh) also referred to as collision dyspareunia, defined as persistent or recurrent genital pain that occurs, during deep penetrative intercourse that and estimated Seventy-Five percent of women experience. A water based personal lubricant may help in with your comfort.

Designed by a dyspareunia patient, Ohnut is a series of 4 inter-lockable silicone rings that allow the user to customize the depth of Penetration without sacrificing sensation for you or your partner. Ohnut seeks to relieve patients who experience pain with deep penetration(Deep Dyspareunia).

Deep pain (Deep Dyspareunia)

Deep pain usually occurs with deep penetration (Deep Dyspareunia). It might be worse in certain positions. Causes include:

• Certain illnesses and conditions. The list includes endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine prolapse, retroverted or tilted uterus, uterine fibroids, cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids and ovarian cysts, adenomyosis, pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor muscle spasm (vaginismus), Menopause (genitourinary syndrome of menopause), chronic pain (vulvodynia), Post-surgical vaginal swelling and Postpartum pain/sex post baby.
• Surgeries or medical treatments. Scarring from pelvic surgery, including hysterectomy, can cause painful intercourse. Medical treatments for cancer, such as radiation and chemotherapy, can cause changes that make sex painful.

Emotional factors

Emotions are deeply intertwined with sexual activity, so they might play a role in sexual pain. Emotional factors include:

• Psychological issues. Anxiety, depression, concerns about your physical appearance, fear of intimacy or relationship problems can contribute to a low level of arousal and a resulting discomfort or pain.
• Stress. Your pelvic floor muscles tend to tighten in response to stress in your life. This can contribute to pain during intercourse. If trauma has created feelings of anxiety, anticipation, or fear about sex, this can make being present and becoming aroused really hard. If sex is then painful, this can feed into a sexual pain/fear loop. When sex hurts, the brain remembers and can start to associate sex with pain—making it a scary experience. Being afraid isn’t a turn-on for most people and fear can increase the pain response, so subsequent sexual encounters can be painful, and so on.
• History of sexual abuse. Not every woman with dyspareunia has a history of sexual abuse, but if you have been abused, it can play a role.

It can be difficult to tell whether emotional factors are associated with dyspareunia. Initial pain can lead to fear of recurring pain, making it difficult to relax, which can lead to more pain. You might start avoiding sexual intercourse if you associate it with the pain.

Patients should also seek the help of a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist who has been specifically trained on dysfunctions of the pelvic floor.

Note*- Ohnut come complete in a sealed package of four interlocking rings.  Due to the nature of this device, once package is opened item cannot be returned!

A full list of the symptoms of dyspareunia can be found here!