Can You Get Hernias in a Barbie Butt?

I have posted before on my itchy, sore, and even cold feeling scar tissue in my Barbie Butt, which hasnt improved despite creams, tablets or trying to ignore it.

Could it be a small hernia causing my discomfort?

After the last inguinal hernia repair, could my abdomianl pressure have transferred itself to my nether regions.

I cant see any bulge there, but when I take big steps, or climb stairs it almost feels as if something is pulling.

Maybe its one of the little webs of skin I have all over that area, but walking definately feels uncomfortable.

Ironically riding a bike doesnt.

Also I get the distinct feeling of downward pressure when I get up from a sitting or lying position, and then the itching, or soreness or coldness starts again.

How common (or not) are incisional hernias in sewn up rectal areas?

Yes you could have a hernia in that area.I told my surgeon during a follow up visit about the soreness  and pulling sensations I would feel,usually when walking. It sometimes felt something was going to drop out my bottom.He first checked me for a hernia.He didn't feel any. He said that the pulling sensation was probably the muscle tissue I was feeling.And the soreness was a small hole that hadn't completely closed up yet. He explained that that part of the body takes longer to heal because air and sunlight can't get to it.He told me to put a little bit of Desitin cream on the area. Eventually the soreness went away.But I still occasionally get that weird pulling sensation. But yes, you could have a hernia or possibly an infection. It's best to have your DR check it all out.

Sorry should have added that I have had this Barbie Butt for 12 years without any problems, until just two weeks after I had a groin hernia repair.

Its not a recently removed one, and at the time I had it, it took only about 4-5 weeks to heal up very well. It has never troubled me since.

Until now.


I cant see any evidence of anything bulging or looking out of place there at all, just a constant feeling of it either itching, feeling sore, or feeling cold and wet.

I fact after sitting for some time, the feeling even seems to move upwards to just under my coccyx too sometimes.

Driving me nuts I tell you!!!

yes, i believe you can, except i have a Ken Butt. since i'm a boy.
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And believe me this one has got many doctors baffled too.

One said it was increased abdominal pressure stretching tissue that hadnt been stretched for a while.

Another said that couldnt happen.

Another said it was a yeast infection.

Another said it was a bit of tissue pulling.

The surgeon who did the groin hernia repair simply washed his hands of it having anything to do with the repair.

I have tried creams, tablets, Anusol, stretching, being active, being sedentary.

I have tried lots of walking, avoiding walking, sitting down lots, standing up lots.

To no avail.

I personally think its abdominal pressure from having the inguinal hernia pushed back in, that is pressing either on that area and making it stretch more, or something is pressing on a nerve somewhere.

Or maybe I have got a hernia there, its just I can see no bulge or anything untoward there at all.

I do have a couple of little enlarged veins in there, but docs said that couldnt really cause that much trouble, and the Anusol would relieve it.

Which it only does mildly

Until I see my original surgeon who did my ileostomy and proctectomy, I think we are all guessing.

I'm going to go off on my hols and try to ignore it as much as I can.

My Ostomy Journey: Bruce | Hollister