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Can washing your anus with fragranced soap cause hemorrhoids?
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Hemorrhoids?: Not a hemorrhoid, maybe pruritis.
Answered 4/7/2013
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No. : A fragranced soap might be irritating to the special anal skin, which could cause some thickening of the skin, but not really a "hemorrhoid".
Answered 4/6/2013
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