help with chafing

Lately i've been spending lots of time in the bathroom, and as you may know, all that wiping leaves behind some nasty chafing and its sooo itchy. Do you all have any suggestions on creams or something that may help? Ive also developed a pimple in that area and i don't wanna put anything on it that would irritate it, but something to clean and heal it would be helpful.

I think I am the queen of this question because I have a j-pouch...

I use a handheld bidet quite often. That reduces the need to wipe, and you certainly do not have to wipe hard. The other thing that helps is some of the barrier creams, like calmoseptine. Sensicare makes a zinc product that is great too. Even A&D can help, and I think that's more gentle than the pastes, but you have to remember to reapply after you go to the bathroom. Wet wipes can be good, but I had a situation where I was using all these products and it caused yeast. Now I just stick to the basics, bidet and TP.

My sister swears by sudocream which she used when her kids were babies. My parents have been faithful penaten cream users for years. I remember during my first flare visiting my then bf (now hubby) fam, we went shopping at Zellers (haha, a good few years ago) and I had to sneak away from him to buy some penaten. Good times...!

I also use cottonelle wipes.

Try Sudocrem, it's awesome. I've found it works very quickly and effectively.

I use cheap antiseptic cream with cetrimide in it - the stinging goes away quite quickly. Using TP with aloe vera in seems to help also, as it seems to leave less tiny fibres behind - and carefully blotting, not wiping.