I’m in the middle of a colonoscopy prep, which means a CRAP TON of laxatives & several million uncontrollable toilet trips … I’ve got bad hemorrhoids & with all the bathroom trips, it now feels equal to literal acid or lava on my skin every time I go. It stings hurts & burns REALLY bad… what can I do at this point? I’ve already tried some Vaseline and I’m using wipes. I don’t really have any other creams on hand besides diaper rash ointment but idk if that would even help?

Prep H & witch hazel don’t help me & I can’t exactly take a bath right now … PLEASE HELP

*edit to add, the skin is broken & im having bleeding, so there’s that also

**edit #2: I did end up trying the lidocaine, thinking it would maybe work, I didn’t see anything that said not to use on broken skin.. yeah it HURT LIKE NOTHING IVE EXPERIENCED BEFORE … and on top of the raw skin & bleeding hemorrhoids, I’m pretty sure it chemical- burned my skin as well. It got sooo much redder & more painful 😵

I ended up showering and rinsing with super gentle cool water (which also hurt, but was 👌🏻 more tolerable) and then basically air drying & then just GLOBBING ON Vaseline… which ending up being the thing that just barely got me through it. I was only using a little bit of Vaseline at first, so I think that’s why it didn’t help much, it was coming off too quickly. This was literally one of the worst & most painful experiences for me EVER. But it’s over now 🥹🥹🥹 my southern region is slowly healing finally, and the bathroom trips have subsided.

Thanks y’all for at least trying to help