Hi all, I have been using preparation H cream for a very mild anal fissure and it's been working well. This morning, I applied the cream, and about 6 hours later had to use the bathroom. When I looked in the toilet, I noticed the front 1/4 of my stool (the part that came out first) was very pale in color, and the remaining 3/4 was a normal brown. There's no gradual transition between the two colors, it just starts off pale then suddenly becomes brown.

I've never seen nor had stool that pale before, so my initial thought was that it was just the prep H cream rubbing off onto my stool. I'm a young guy (25 y/o) and in otherwise good health. Just wondering if anyone has had this experience with any sort of topical creams applied to a fissure. I've read that hemorroidal suppositories can cause stools to look pale if they coat the stool, but I wasn't using a suppository and I didn't use all that much cream.

Its due to Cream you used, its normal not to worry