by happyass » 04 Jul 2008, 08:29
yes too much dotting, rubbing in the wipes/tp, or just irritating the area with toilet paper (especially if it ain't a super soft variety, which still doesn't matter much because you have a super sensitive area to begin with) isn't too good. as a matter of fact, not good at all.
there may be a combination of irritation from sensitivity to the wipes (this hasn't happened for me) or the consistent and immmaculate rubbing that goes on behind there.
so if you continue to rub that way and get in there like someone cleaning a dirty oven - and it's it like that???!!! hehehehehehe - then you need to adapt and change how you clean your little bum.
yes feeling ultimate clean would be nice but sometimes, you will get in the way of your own healing that way and interrupt the flow of how your butt is mending itself.
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even when showering or bathing, don't be obsessive when trying to get the crack clean. i was a culprit in this way before getting my fissure when i would soap my whole hand and fingers and just really clean out and inside! until my CRS said to stop because this upsets the PH balance of the anus, i did. he said the fissure would heal without all this stuff going on.
all you need to do if going via the shower/bath route to get clean - and sometimes it just isn't convenient to take a shower or bath after a BM - is to simply use a soft soft rag or wipe and perhaps give inbetween the cheecks a simple passover - don't get in the depths of the abyss.
just like a self cleaning oven, our anus has built-in properties to deal with the grime and germs that we only have to do so much to clean.
you will get the hang of it and soon feel clean with little to do back there.
if you have a BM and are going to take a shower afterwards, perhaps a combo of using a baby wipe to get most stuff off before going into the shower and loosing up whatever got stuck or left behind there, and then using the shower/bath to bring yourself to 100% clean feeling!
take it easy back there!