This may seem like an obvious question, but I was wondering if anybody can tell me what an anal fissure looks like as it's healing? Over the past several months, mine has gradually faded from near black to faint gray. Then, with the help of Rectiv, it finally softened into a dark pink line.
Until a few days ago, that is. Seemingly without any cause, my fissure once again looked like an ugly, dark gray streak that I was hoping I would never have to see again. My BMs haven't been particularly soft, but they haven't been particularly hard either. My spasms haven't returned. (Fingers crossed.)
Maybe I'm just being desperately optimistic, but I'm wondering if maybe this reappearance of a dark gray scab-looking thing is actually part of the healing process? Is my body perhaps pushing through a new layer of skin, which is causing the gray to temporarily return? When a fissure IS finally healed, does it completely disappear, leaving no trace of its hellish existence?
Or maybe I should just start bracing myself for Botox.
Thanks,
Avery