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.
Sperm can not live in open air. However; sperm when ejaculated are not in open air. The ejaculate fluid (semen) protects the sperm. So long as the sperm remain wet and witâ¦hin the seminal fluids, it is possible for them to live two to three days. To keep them wet for that long would require ideal conditions.