Using your fingers may actually be better. There was a study that showed that "self-massage" was more effective than "self-dilation" for fissures. I just can't to get my finger in there comfortably for some reason.

hurtinend wrote:where do you buy dilators?

Is there any concern that the dilator could get stuck up the rectum?

Sorry that it's taken so long for me to respond. These are the dilators that I use (13mm and 18mm):

https://www.cmtmedical.com/product/syra ... -dilators/

These are what my PT had, but there are probably better ones.

Also consider self-dilation. Here's a thread with a link to a study about it vs. dilation:

anal-self-massage-dilation-t13190.html