Keeping the affected area clean and dry can usually help reduce skin redness. If an infection is the cause of your skin redness, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics to reduce the infectionâs symptoms. 1  1.
1 Exposed to air, on a cold surface or clothing, for example, sperm usually die within minutes. 2  In a closed and clean container at body temperature, sperm can survive for 4-6 hours or even more.  Sperm can be frozen at extremely low temperatures (but not in the refrigerator) and survive for years.
Not long: Sperm don't live in the air, on clothes, or on other items. Their natural habitat is warm, fresh semen... not on household objects. Therefore, fresh semen on hands, penises, condoms, etc., that is quickly put into a vagina can still lead to pregnancy.