by Guest » 29 May 2013, 05:50
Well, before my surgery, a sitz bath of 30 minutes with epsom salt (10 mts) would stop the itch at least 4-6 hours depending on the elimination. Surprisingly, when the elimination was good, the itch would be the only annoying thing down there. Also, the itchy feeling would come back after few hours and all I had to do, was to wash the area and feel good again. In the beginning, after digging the net, I thought that the reason could have been developing hemorrhoids. However, flexi-sigmoidscopy cleared the doubt. My fissure tear was very long and no hydrocortizone cream or suppository would target it for the necessary healing.
I used vaseline only to lubricate the hydrocortizone tube tips or suppositories. Never used it directly on the skin.
I did try corn starch and cotton ball after the surgery. It just made the pain worse. These tricks use to make me recover faster before the surgery, but surprisingly had adverse effects, after the surgery. I think, the LIS or a fissurectomy surgery makes the area, particularly under the tailbone, very sore.
I started using A&D much later after my fissurectomy surgery. It was on this forum that I read someone using it and having a "speedy" (two weeks) recovery. How does it feel? Well, it gives a very cooling effect which I never got from my prescription creams. I used it to keep the sweat off, coz... strangely speaking, after the surgery the cheeks have come very close (the word "tight" would fit better) together, thereby, making perspiration as my number one issue. The ointment helped me with that. Also, the ingredients Vitamin A & D repaired my skin, which too became my priority after the surgery. Using prescription creams for a year to heal my fissure, did a lot of damage to my skin down there.
Right now, two months after botox and fissurectomy, I am down to only three. 1) a daily intake of 2 tbspn of olive oil with meals. 2) Magnesium supplement 250 mg at night 3) occasional application of A&D. The first two are helping in lubricating and softening the BMs, which I think are the main causes of fissure if not done effectively. The third one is helping to get my skin texture back.