I recently had surgery and have a terrible rash. I've tried different creams. Anything else anyone would recommend?! Help!
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You've just had your surgery . I know the pain and the feeling. i couldnt stand or walk easily. Everytime I went to the bathroom I just didnt want to wash as it would burn alot . Everyone's probably been through this phase. It will take 2-3 weeks to get fine. I used all tubes and ointment. I found zinc oxide paste to be helpfull. It will instantly cooldown the area. For healing it back to normal I used sudocrem. Its a great paste and my go to for any butt problem. You can also try tropical steroid creams but the above 2 will do if you apply them regularly. I too felt at one point my butt would crack open but its just getting used to the new normal again.
Plus also dont use toilet paper to rub it off directly it will make the rash worse. Use either baby wipes or first clean it with jet and then gently use toilet paper to dry it up.
Thank you for your reply. I've been using wipes and Vaseline and its helped. Destin helped also with the cooling. I see my Dr tomorrow. I don't understand why I have this terrible rash. Not even with severe UC did I get a rash like this. Sometimes I would go even more than I do now. Any ideas why?
Today has been 3 weeks since my surgery btw
Yeah I am a month down with takedown so I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes the output just increases more than normal. It has multiple factors involved like consistency , amount of gas built up and how much we eat. Our pouches are relatively new and still healing so it takes time to get close to a solid output. Even normal people have to go more on some days. Vaseline and coconut oil is what my doc suggested but I had sudocrem and it worked so I didnt try them. For me I just dont get up till the gas inside of me is out or else I'd just have to come back again soon . You'll know when theres gas inside the pouch which is almost always. The pressure from it is higher than the output itself and is thus harder to hold back . I go like 6 times now. And I am on a bulking diet so i've been eating a lot more than my usual.
Raj, thank you for your help!