A colon surgeon has revealed she you should never use wet wipes in lieu of toilet paper.
Dr Karen Zaghiyan, who is based in Beverly Hills, said she would ‘never’ use the disposable cloth because it could cause perianal dermatitis – an infection which leaves a bright red rash around the anus and rectum.
Taking to her TikTok page, she advised her followers to instead use a bidet, as it was a much more ‘sanitary’ option compared to wet wipes and tissue paper.
She then went on to share other useful health tips, including the exact amount of time you should spend on the toilet so as not to ‘aggravate’ your haemorrhoids.
The doctor – who specialises in conditions affecting the colon, rectum and anus, and works at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles – listed 10 things she wouldn’t do as a colorectal surgeon in 2024.
Beverly Hills colorectal surgeon Karen Zaghiyan (pictured on TikTok) has sent a major warning to people who use wet wipes to clean their genitalia after using the loo
She began: ‘I would never use wet wipes.
‘Wet wipes are notorious for causing perianal dermatitis. Instead get a bidet. It is a much more sanitary way to clean your bottom over using wet wipes or toilet paper’.
She also addressed the colonics fad favoured by celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, to which she said: ‘I would never get a colonics.
‘People are always looking for a cleanse to cleanse their colon.
‘The best way to cleanse your colon guys is to just eat a high fibre diet – get a variety of fibre in your diet.
‘This will amplify your gut microbiome and make it healthy to optimise gut health.
‘You don’t need to flush out your colon with colonics.
‘There is no benefit to it. If you are constipated there’s all sorts of over-the-counter remedies. If you have severe constipation see a gastroenterologist’.
She summed up her advice by revealing that colonic cleanses only provided ‘temporary’ relief, while warning that she witnessed ‘bad things’ happen to people following a colonic.
Next up, she explained why it was compulsory to never spend more than five minutes sitting on the toilet, and aimed her advice at phone-scrollers.
She added: ‘Sitting, especially if you are finished having a bowel movement or you’re waiting to have a bowel movement and you’re just sitting there and scrolling the internet looking at social media is really bad for your haemorrhoids.
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The medical expert and content creator advised her followers to instead use a bidet, as it was a much more ‘sanitary’ option
‘There is a vacuum effect on the toilet that pulls on the hemorrhoidal veins and aggravates them’.
While conceding that not all were privileged to empty their bowels within a speedy five minutes, she stood by the tip.
She explained: ‘If you have not finished or began your bowel movement in five minutes, get up, come back another time when you have the urge to go again, but do not sit there a long time.
‘Obviously this varies and is different for people that have gut conditions, have had surgeries etc. I’m not talking about that.
‘I’m talking about the average Joe who’s just sitting there spending half an hour on the toilet. Do not do that’.
Other tips that made her top 10 list included warning cancer patients to opt for mainstream medicine over ‘alternative’ treatments, to never use herbal remedies to treat constipation, and for women to avoid vaginal births after having a caesarian section (C-section).
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