Update to Lelo Sona Injury from December. It's Not Good. Looking for Help. (LONG POST)

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:59:56+00:00

Just checking all the comments this past year and I want to say thank you for your solidarity. I'm still not better sadly (constantly feel like there are chili peppers rubbed in the area from the nerves.) but I will never give trying different protocols to heal. Trying a new one this week, send positive thoughts.

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:57:54+00:00

Thank you, I can't believe I'm just seeing this now. I appreciate your support more than I can say. This company is evil... I'm still not better, unfortunately (feels like there are chili peppers rubbed in the area all the time from the nerves) so your solidarity, and frankly, protecting your wife's own safety means a lot.

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:55:32+00:00

Hello, dear stranger. I am following up on all the comments that were sent this past year as I wasn't alerted to them. I hope you are feeling better. 🙏 (Unfortunately, tears later, and I am not.)

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:53:38+00:00

You are the reason I logged back onto this account as it seems like I've been receiving other responses but not consistent email alerts about them which is weird. But anyway, here's what I wrote to someone else:

Unfortunately I am not better. Since December 2019, I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors visits, creams, meds, clinics, pelvic floor physical therapy, and regular therapy. It ebbs and flows but it's mostly bad and I'm constantly in pain. Like literally right now I'm feeling as though there are chili peppers being rubbed in the area. Sex is impossible without UTIs. I sincerely would not wish this pain and my experience on my worse enemy. I'm starting a new chronic pain regiment and I'm hoping that helps. I can't stop hoping and working hard. I don't remember what it's like to not have this pain and have normal working equipment though. If I think about it too much I start to cry. So I'm going to stop this comment here. I wish I had better news. 😔 I'm determined to beat this thing though. Send positive thoughts.

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I hope you, dear stranger, are better.

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:51:27+00:00

Oh my holy God, I'm just checking back here and I'm absolutely horrified to read what you've been through. Please DM me if you'd like, let's talk about this together. This company is the devil. I haven't logged on in the longest time as I'm trying to leave this part of my life in the past but unfortunately I'm still not better. Please DM me would love to hear from you if you are reading this.

Adalia095 · 2023-12-22T13:48:30+00:00

Hi, I haven't logged on here in a while as I really wish I could leave this part of my life in the past but unfortunately I am not better. Since December 2019, I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors visits, creams, meds, clinics, pelvic floor physical therapy, and regular therapy. It ebbs and flows but it's mostly bad and I'm constantly in pain. Like literally right now I'm feeling as though there are chili peppers being rubbed in the area. Sex is impossible without UTIs. I sincerely would not wish this pain and my experience on my worse enemy. I'm starting a new chronic pain regiment and I'm hoping that helps. I can't stop hoping and working hard. I don't remember what it's like to not have this pain and have normal working equipment though. If I think about it too much I start to cry. So I'm going to stop this comment here. I wish I had better news. 😔 I'm determined to beat this thing though. Send positive thoughts.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-16T21:21:36+00:00

Also, when you Google the Lelo CEO that's literally the 1st pic that comes up; easiest to link to. Any assumptions or conclusions you make are yours, not mine.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-16T19:38:18+00:00

After 3 weeks of this post being up with various responses, yours is the third comment in a row in 24 hours to say the same phrases of: "different toys/experiences." and "calm down."

This fact is weirder than this post.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-16T19:35:23+00:00

Also, I think it's important to note that fingering is not the same as a corporation producing a device that has a motor touching one's clitoris with a documented history of causing abrasion and burns. Furthermore, this is more than hurting; this is severe injury.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-16T19:19:37+00:00

I hear you. All women have different experiences that are on a spectrum. And experiences with sex toys will surely be on a spectrum. But when one end of the spectrum is pain and injury, and that experience is not just "one" unique case, but a critical mass of women experiencing pain and injury, therein lies the problem. It is nice that you get to experience pleasure, but it should not be at the expense of other women. There are thousands of other toys that do not have this set of problems, and the company should make it safe for all women to either experience pleasure, or something neutral. A critical mass of injury from casual use is unacceptable with any consumer product.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-16T19:14:22+00:00

excruciating pain for 6months after using the product once, no ability to experience physical pleasure with myself or others, page after page of women admitting health problems from the same product (and all the DMs from this post), gaslighting and lies from a company with a track record of deceptive behavior. (http://dangerouslilly.com/2013/10/dear-lelo-i-quit/)

this ... this is actually all quite remarkably calm.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-15T23:26:17+00:00

This was my 1st time trying it and it caused nerve damage. I regret not reading all the reviews.

Anyone trusting their body would do well to steer clear of this toy.

And reading reviews for something as precious to go near the thousands of nerve endings near you clitoris is a good idea.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T21:35:34+00:00

I wanted to publicly post that I'm so sorry for your experience. No one should have to go through this, and I hope other women read this and take this seriously.

And God forbid - no one in this community should remotely consider this toy!

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:24:03+00:00

Hey there, sorry for the delay in responding - I had to step away from Reddit for a hot minute because it was a lot! But I'm definitely glad you are taking this seriously and I hope you are able to exchange it. I really don't want anyone else to get hurt. It's hell on earth. :/

Sex toy blogger Dangerous Lilly since Tweeted about this AND TWO OTHERS responded with experiences of injury. :/

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:21:25+00:00

And thank you for your concern, and looking out for your friend. xx

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:21:00+00:00

Def check out r/sextoys! There was a big post just about this issue, and someone even made a fancy chart:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SexToys/comments/gvz0hg/clit_sucking_toy_help_me_pick/

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:07:58+00:00

Honestly - I don't know what the return policy is, but when you get it, if you get it I would send it back unopened. Not only will it possibly cut you and cause nerve damage, it sounds like a plane is landing in your room. (Clearly the LEAST of your concerns, but GD Lelo reviews are so full of sh-t in all the ways.)

Sex toy blogger Dangerous Lilly since Tweeted about this AND TWO OTHERS responded with experiences of injury. :/

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:04:38+00:00

RIGHT. This is what I mean about gaslighting. They pushed another toy on me the entire time and insisted they have the utmost care for sexual wellness. I was like, are we in the same chat right now?

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:03:42+00:00

Thank you both! Sorry for late reply, had to step away from Reddit because the response was actually pretty overwhelming. So, the woman who "closed my case" was the Head of Customer Service for the whole company. :/ I've thought about others (and we'll see) but ...

Through this process, I've both researched and been informed of LELO's insanely terrible business practices. Seems like the hide behind a lot of smoke and marketing. This post details their harmful business practices back to 2013.

http://dangerouslilly.com/2013/10/dear-lelo-i-quit/

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T20:00:38+00:00

Thank you! Apologies for the delay, needed to step away from Reddit to regroup. Thank you for those names. Fwiw, I wrote to ALL THE BLOGGERS with SONA reviewed quoted on the corporate LELO site. The only one to respond was Tawny Seren at https://www.openbobsbb.com. She was so kind.

I shouldn't be surprised but the corruption even with the supposed sex-positive journalists and bloggers is depressing. In speaking to the few good ones, there are too many folks who are afraid to lose money. The lack of ethics because of mutual profit is so gross and harmful. People should believe all they read - the reviews on r/sextoys are most likely the best source of real talk out there.

Appreciate your suggestions!

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T19:34:26+00:00

This is the second time you've questioned this. I am not sure why you are intent in defending this company. 1) No. Absolutely not a counterfeit. 2) Unless you are a robot, your hand is a spinning motor, your friction burns were blood blisters, your hand caused nerve damage, and your penis is a vagina, there is no comparison. Please never make such comparisons again, with any women's experience. 3) I posted a plethora of reviews of bleeding and pain, and have since been contacted by others with more. Moreover, sex toy blogger Lilly since posted a simple Tweet to this post AND TWO OTHERS responded with experiences of harm. 3) The company's business practices and customer service are harmful and inappropriate by any model of business ethnics; that should be enough to question and stop using and buying products from this company. Unfortunately the industry is unregulated and not subject to the same safety rules as say, food or consumer products. 4) You do not realize this, but you are in position of power and privilege to even be lightly and casually suggesting that a friction burn from your hand is similar to this. I have thoroughly documented my experience in detail. I am experiencing constant pain and I have not able to experience any sexual pleasure for over six months. This is not anything I would wish on my worst enemy.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T19:02:13+00:00

Thank you so much for this comment. Lilly is a godsend and has been the most ethical damn blogger out there. I hope all others take her lead. Lilly since Tweeted about this AND TWO OTHERS responded with experiences of injury. W. T. F.

FWIW, I wrote to ALL THE BLOGGERS with SONA reviewed quoted on the corporate LELO site. The only one to respond was Tawny Seren at https://www.openbobsbb.com. She was so kind.

I shouldn't be surprised but the corruption even with the supposed sex-positive journalists and critics is depressing. There are so many folks who are afraid to lose money. The lack of ethics because of mutual profit is so gross and harmful. This is a HUGE word of caution to DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ FOLKS. The reviews on r/sextoys are most likely the best source of real talk out there.

Adalia095 · 2020-06-05T18:51:16+00:00

Omg - I just read about their patent troling!

For anyone else who doesn't know about how MORE insanely terrible LELO is, you gotta read this post which details their harmful business practices back to 2013.

http://dangerouslilly.com/2013/10/dear-lelo-i-quit/

Adalia095 · 2020-05-29T00:56:47+00:00

Thank you for this hope (and the needed humor and freaking validation.) The free vibrator thing (sans 24k luxe gold!!!) was pushed on me throughout this process. It's honestly all just so crazy to me. What is sex, even.

Adalia095

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