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Should I use Clobestol on a perineum fissure.

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Hazel1962
Hazel1962

Wondered if you ladies could give some advice please, I am using the clob as suggested by everyone on this site but wondered if when I get fissures on my perineum should I use it there too, it seems to sting a lot if I do and I am worried that it shouldn't be used on open sores. I have also started getting redness between the bum cheeks and have been reading some horrific accounts of other users on this site having fusion over their anus, I already have fusion over my clitoris so am worried this might happen to me too, will using the clob avoid this?

Have also read lots of people saying give up sugar in the diet, does this mean natural sugars from fruit too?

sorry for so many questions but just want to get things right and keep on top of this awful condition.

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  • Morrell1951
    Morrell1951 Hazel1962

    Posted

    Hi Hazel, all good questions, stuff we've been discussing lately. I use extra clob especially when I have the tear in my perineum. I just had a minor flare and gave that area an extra night of clob. It's healed already after two days. I said elsewhere this morning  I think because the clob keeps the thinckening of LS down to a minimum, the white patch that appeared last week wasn't deep, so the tear wasn't deep – it didn't bleed like it used to. I'm rubbing the clob in over my fused clitoris, hoping the whole area doen't get tighter and flatter.

    Suzanne and I agreed that we suffered flares this summer from pigging out on melons in season, so even though we'd cut way down on white sugar, the fruit sugar was still inflaming us. I use a normal amount of sugar in herbal tes, a bit of jam, maple syrup in oatmeal, baked goods like apple crisp. But I don't eat big sweet desserts and I don't eat even the suggested daily servings of fresh fruit. No bananas – I'm sort of into local food anyway, but bananas are very sweet.

    My gynae noticed last month that although the round area around my anus was really good, the LS was still active directly up the crack for several inches. So I rub the clob in along there every time (twice a week for me, normally).

    Don't forget, there are more and less aggressive kinds of LS. Our outcomes vary widely.

    • Hazel1962
      Hazel1962 Morrell1951

      Posted

      Thanks Morrell, that clears some things up for me, I've been having flare ups recently as my father is in hospital and am in the process of a house move...stress, stress, stress! 

      I haven't given up sugar so far but it's my plan to do it this week, trouble is I like chocolate when I'm stressed so it's going to be hard. 

      I was hoping you'd reply, you give some really good advice.

      could I ask one further question, have you or anyone else reading ever used the non perfumed moist toilet wipes, am trying to keep urine and faeces off the area but don't have a bidet so it's not so easy, just wondered if these tissues had caused any problems or if they are a good solution?

    • Morrell1951
      Morrell1951 Hazel1962

      Posted

      Oh, Hazel, I'm not sold on tjose pre-moistened wipes. Sometimes non-perfumed is just a different version of something worse than soap. I just wet some toilet paper. Some members here talk about carrying a little spray bottle of water in their purse. Years ago I used to spit on toilet paper in public toilets. That was probably counter-productive. redface

      I know exactly what you mean – chocolate was always my stress food. I've found giving up coffee has cured my chronically loose bowel movements, which were keeping the skin around my anus red and sore. I really think chocolate is sugar plus a coffee-like ingredient – bad news for LS. When you cut sugar way back, the cycle of craving ends and it's really not hard at all. Last year when I had my horrible burst abscess over my clitoris, I had been buying huge slabs of cheap chocolate and we were eating it every night after supper.

    • wilmatm
      wilmatm Hazel1962

      Posted

      Hi Hazel. A solution to the bidet is using an enema bag/ bucket and hose with a tap on the hose. Really simple to set up. I use mine every time i go to the toilet now and  would say its been most effective for me. 

      Keeps skin clean and dry. 

      Another kind person on this site suggested i try to set up a bidet and this was the result and works for me. Good luck and  all the best with your LS journey. PS. This is a great site for information. 

    • Hazel1962
      Hazel1962 Morrell1951

      Posted

      I've been doing like you up to now and wetting toilet paper and then patting myself dry with another piece then applying Hydromol emolient to moisturise , however I have read on this site how toilet paper is bleached and therefore can also be an irritant but just wondered about the possibility of wipes instead. After reading the replies on here I think I will just stick with the wet toilet paper. The enema bag/bucket and hose sounds good but a bit too messy for my OCD on tidiness.

      thanks to everyone who has taken the time to post, really appreciate any advice.

    • Morrell1951
      Morrell1951 Hazel1962

      Posted

      We discussed toilet paper awhile back. The cheap stuff is better than the deluxe super-white soft stuff. Best is the 'green' recycled.
  • sheila49099
    sheila49099 Hazel1962

    Posted

    Hi hazel,

    I know not everyone agrees. but I use non scented hypoallergenic wipes

    and I find they are a god send for me. I used to have a built in bidet on the toilet seat that I got in the U.S.A. but I left it in another city when I moved.

  • mary_58782
    mary_58782 Hazel1962

    Posted

    I want to add a word of caution about toilet wipes: Even the brands that state they ARE flushable aren't truly flushable. My mother-in-law had over $2000 of work of work done on her plumbing because the entire line was stopped up with flushable wipes. If you read online it is a common problem.

    i've not tried using wipes, but think I will!--------( but I won't flush them...ha-ha!)

  • carmarie
    carmarie Hazel1962

    Posted

    Hi Hazel.

    I find the toilet wipes irritate me ad leave me sore, even the hypoallegenicones.my doc suggesed wetting a paper towel after bowel movements. If at  home I usee45 on tolet paper.  White is best

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