Because It’s Your Intimacy – What to Look Out For When Buying a Personal Lubricant

The range of personal lubricants on the market is vast. And despite being especially careful about the ingredients, quality, origins and effects of everything else we rub on our bodies, when it comes to personal lubricants it’s often a different matter. Yet our mucous membranes are even more sensitive than our skin. Just ask anyone with sensitive mucous membranes, who out of necessity have to look more closely at the quality and ingredients in personal lubricants. And because we know that not all lubes are the same, we put a lot of emphasis on our lube quality and would like to show you in the following what you should look out for when buying a personal lubricant. Because we want you to have a fulfilled, safe sex life!

Directives and regulations for personal lubricants

Personal lubricants are medical devices. They are classified as such based on the risk to the human body. The classifications range from no risk through to high risk and a potential hazard. The following four classes exist: Class I – Low risk, Class IIa – Medium risk, Class IIb – Medium to high risk, Class III – High risk. The classification is based on a number of factors including where a device is used, the duration of application, anatomical position and the resulting application risk. Medical devices are assigned one of the four risk categories based on these criteria. pjur personal lubricants are regarded as invasive medical devices as they can be used to relieve the symptoms of vaginal dryness. They enter the body and have therefore been classified as Class IIb medical devices since May 2021 in accordance with the Medical Device Regulation (MDR). pjur has been a certified manufacturer of medical devices since 2014 and operates a quality management system in line with the ISO standard 13485:2016.

All of our personal lubricants are Class IIb medical devices and are safe to use with latex condoms, giving you the peace of mind to concentrate fully on your sex life.

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Authorities in various countries – regulations for medical devices

Each country has different authorities which oversee the guidelines and directives for personal lubricants. Yet depending on the market, these controls sometimes aren’t carried out frequently enough, which is why there are still plenty of unregistered products on the market. With our products, you can always be confident that they are registered and certified with all the authorities below, as well as many others, meaning they comply with all directives and standards:

The FDA in the US: The Food and Drug Administration oversees food, drugs and medical devices in the US. The FDA decides whether a new food or medical device is approved and can therefore be sold. The FDA differentiates between three FDA classes: class I, class II and class III. Products in class I pose a minor risk to patients and users, those in class two pose a medium risk, and those in class III pose the highest risk to those using the product compared to the other classes.

The TGA in Australia: The situation is similar in Australia. The responsible authority there is called the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA for short. Like the FDA, the TGA oversees medical devices in Australia. Medical devices that are not registered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) cannot be sold on the Australian market. However, the TGA takes the European CE marking into account, making the registration process easier for products which have this marking.

As mentioned previously, manufacturers still try to circumvent these regulations. You should therefore take extra steps to protect yourself by looking out for the seals that are usually found on a product or its packaging. We take a look at a few of these seals below.

Buying personal lubricants ­­– seals you should look out for

We are all probably familiar with the ‘Dermatest’ seal or the vegan flower of the Vegan Society. Seals such as these are awarded to products by independent testing organisations, signalling to consumers that these products are of good quality and meet specific regulations and standards. There are a vast number of seals that consumers can keep an eye out for. We have listed just a few of them below:

CE marking

CE: A product that carries the CE marking meets the health and safety requirements of the European Union. Use of the CE marking demonstrates to consumers that the manufacturer is compliant with EU Directives and standards. This CE marking with a four-digit number clearly indicating the notified body indicates that the marked product is a medical device. In addition to this CE marking with a four-digit number, the marking with “MD” is also decisive in order to be classified as a medical device.

The ‘Original DERMATEST’ seal

Dermatest: The ‘Original DERMATEST’ seal is used to indicate products where the manufacturers have kept their commitment to tested and approved quality. There are four different grades of the seal: 5-star guarantee/clinically tested, 3-star guarantee, accredited guarantee and Dermatest guarantee. Our pjur med PREMIUM bears the Dermatest seal, more specifically the 5-star guarantee/clinically tested. It is suitable with highly sensitive skin and supports as a silicone-based personal lubricant the natural moisture in your genital area.

The vegan flower

The vegan flower of the Vegan Society: This seal shows consumers that products with this distinction do not contain any animal products and have not been tested on animals. Our pjur med VEGAN carries the Vegan Society seal.

You can rely on pjur quality lube, because your intimate area is as important to us as it is to you:

• Because personal lubricants enter your body
• Because the ingredients in the products you use really make a difference
• Because highly compatible ingredients are important and also better

So that you feel safe and are free to explore your sexual preferences and what excites your dreams, you can rely on our certified personal lubricants with selected ingredients.

Because it’s about your intimacy! #usequalitylube

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