Bleeding at the top of butt crack

[Mr. D]

I have a raw area at the very top of, well, my buttcrack.  It bleeds a little when I am on the toilet, as I notice a small streak of bright red blood on the TP after wiping.  I can actually feel the area stretch when I sit on the toilet because it is so raw.  I get this two or three times a year.  It stings when I am in the shower and I gently spread the area to clean with a washcloth.  When I try to search for my symptoms, I get a lot of hits for pilonidal cyst, but even though some of my symptoms are similar, it does not seem to be it.  There is no lump, no extra hole or slit.  It is just very red, raw and itchy.  Is this area susceptible to becoming irritated because it is constantly being stretched?  Does anybody else have this issue, and if so, what do you do to alleviate the symptoms?

[MLD292]

What most all of you describing is a fungal growth, just like jock itch.  It grows there for the same reason that jock itch grows -- it is a moist and dark area.  Buy one of the over-the-counter anti=fungal creams and put the cream on twice each day until the area is cleared up.  You may need to use a Qtip to reach the area.  Then try to keep it dry.  You might even want to put a small piece of toilet paper there gently.

[Chip1717]

If it is right above your butt where your tail bone is and you exercise as in sit ups it may be an irritation from that. I have thin skin where my tailbone is (right above the crack) and when I do a lot of sit-ups on a hard surface I get bleeding too.

[anonymoustoyou]

I too have this problem. the top of my butt crack (all the way from the very top to the anal opening) is red, irritated and cracking. it feel like the skin splits when i sit and the crack is open(?). and if the shower hits it the wrong way it hurts.

I went to the doctor yesterday and she said it is a bacterial/fungal infection. I forgot the name of it. But it's because the skin between your two butt cheeks rubs together and is moist. She told me to keep the area clean and dry and she gave me meds for jock itch/athlet's foot to put on it twice a day. you can get them from the drugstore. and if it doesn't clear up within a week or two go back - and you may need oral meds to help.

and do not scratch of irritate the area (any more than normal activites). it could cause the infections and/or crack/spliting to spread. it may also bleed if you do this.

hope this helps and our booties feel better - soon!

[negroliciouse]

i have this as well as in my crack but idk how u get rid of it. i tried to just let it heal, it did but i reoccured after a very bad weggie i got from my brother. now it wont go away HEEELLLLP!!!!!!!!!!! PLEEEEAAAASSSSSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dukefan516]

Im having almost the same problem as everyone is writing about. Except not so much near the anus but about an inch to two inches above. A hole opened up and bleeds occasionally. Also, I get a really annoying itch. I thought this problem would go away sooner and haven't gone to a doctor to check it out. Does anyone have a specific method of getting rid of this small crack?

[AL81]

I am 27 and I just developed ( 3 months into) the same thing on the very top of my left butt cheek near the top of my *** crack. It is so itchy, baby powder is working. I had my girlfriend look at it and she says it is raw and red, but it does not bleed. It feels like a flat scab, but now it seems that is affecting the top of my butt crack as well from all the itching.

Would gold bond be better than baby powder? and maybe polysporin?