by buttgirl » 10 Sep 2007, 12:13
I had something similar done (abscess drained-cut entire length of anal canal down to muscle). My discharge stopped abruptly at about the 3 week mark. I think the reason for this was 1) I applied a dose of iodine ointment to the area. It stung like crazy for a few minutes (I had to lie down actaully). But the stinging wore off withing 15 mins, and I had no more discharge after that. 2) After that, using a needleless syringe, I would flush the area with water that had a small amount of rubbing alcohol in it--not enough to sting but enough to sterilize. I stopped doing this after about a week because it had healed a bit (though it was stil really sore) I didn't want to erode the healing tissue.