delasama wrote:Interesting that mk87 healed with gauze. I was reading that link coconut just posted about dry wound healing. Maybe the gauze wicked in moisture and actually kept the fissure moist? Also the article about Vaseline and how it keeps bacteria out of wound. I would think using Vaseline on a fissure would just keep the bacteria on the fissure since its always dirty down there.. I guess it's sort of a trial and error thing, but I just worry that Vaseline will hinder the healing and that a piece of gauze in my butt would just aggravate the wound when I walk... It's really temping to try these things though. I guess I'm going to just keep going with miralax and my daily butt routine since it seems to be slowly helping.
I used vaseline on gauze, didn't work
I used only vaseline around the wound, not on top, didn't work
I used the cream on top of the wound, didn't work
I used the cream around the wound, didn't work.
I used the cream around the wound, with dry gauze, that did the trick. Everyime I went to the bathroom, i exchanged the gauze, I saw dried up blood on where it touched the fissure. Slowly I just used gauze and stopped using the cream. Until i felt no need for the gauze anymore.
Been a while since I replied, but I always remind the time when i had the fissure and I wished it went away. I know the pain and struggles.
The doctor who gave the exam, told me it wouldn't heal on its own, it was too far damaged. But heck, I just gave the gauze a shot and it worked :)