A 45-year-old member asked:
What is this extra skin growing around my anus and what should i do?
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Dr. Troy Reynaanswered
Pediatric Surgery 46 years experience
Scar tissue: Usually extra skin growing around the anus is scar tissue that results from a fissure in ano. If you had a painful tear with persistant pain and bleeding with bowel movements this would be the result.
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I have white skin stuff growing much. In my rectum and anus? What is this? This is like kindaa white pimples in much quantity and still growing
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A 24-year-old female asked:
The skin around my anus seems to be red and sticking together at times, no cuts or extra moisture to be seen. Sometimes feel constipated what is it?
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Vaseline: Try a little vaseline or Aquaphor twice a day. Avoid scrubbing.
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A 35-year-old male asked about a 37-year-old female:
My youngest son is 6 months old, I had vaginal delivery and after the delivery; I've had an extra skin on my anus, sometimes it hurts but most of the time it doesn't but I've never had hemorrhoids; so I"m not sure if that is what it is.
Dr. Natalie Hodgeanswered
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Dr. Darryl Blinski commented
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See your GYN to examine area.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
By clicking pictures of my anus, I can see a skin tag over which there is a small lump and a black dot/hole over it. It's not piles. It doesn't cause unbearing pain neither growing over months. It doesn't cause discharge. What is it?
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
"Picture is worth more than thousand words" applies to this case.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
I've had loose extra skin around my anus for about 10 yrs. Chronic constipation as a child so I think it's from the straining. No pain, no blood, no itching, but it's slowly stretched more with time. No doctor has commented on it. Do I need to worry?
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Not particularly: What you describe sounds like a simple skin tag, which is common in that area. I wouldn't lose any sleep thinking it is something dangerous or likely ... Read More
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