Remedies & Relief 6 min read
How to Clean Down There Without Making It Worse
Water or a damp wipe, no soap, no scrubbing, then get properly dry. Dry matters as much as clean, and fragrance is the thing that catches most people out.
Water or a damp wipe, no soap, no scrubbing, then get properly dry. Dry matters as much as clean, and fragrance is the thing that catches most people out.
Psyllium softens stools in about 2 to 5 days, but healing a fissure or calming hemorrhoids took me three to four weeks. Here is the honest week-by-week story.
Plain warm water, 3 to 4 inches deep, about 15 to 20 minutes, a few times a day. No salts. Here is how to take a sitz bath and what it does and does not fix.
The routine that ended four years of hemorrhoid and fissure pain: daily psyllium husk, real meals, a numbing cream for the fear, and better hygiene.