Hooked into your little group by web-searching "Can Vaseline be used regularly with no ill effects?" Guess you can see my concern.

I've been "suffering" since December of last year. I have gotten anal fissures in the past and had hemorrhoids as well.... but they usually come and go and rarely cause lasting trouble. A few times I've burst a hemorrhoid... I survived. The body has a wonderful capacity for self-healing, and I'll stand by that one.
This latest bout though... wow. it's been 5 months now with no clear end in sight. About 3 months ago I randomly decided to have my wife apply vaseline to my hiney, and well... it helped. (Now I have a shiney hiney, eh?) At least I stopped itching.
I'm gonna stick around and read through old posts a bit. Might make a comment or two here and there... so if you see my name pop up, at least you'll have this as a semi-reminder of who I am.
Oh, hope you all like the humor of my chosen name... I tend to have a strange sense of irony and humor... I'm just saying...
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