Soap suppositories or Soap sticks

Ouch I remember when I was a kid my Mother using Ivory soap stick and how they burned, she also used a lot of Ivory soap in her enemas which caused me a lot of cramping I just hated it.

I've read a lot about dr bronner's peppermint soap added to enemas, but I have the bar version of the soap and was wondering if I should try it as a soap stick instead? Also can't decide how big I should cut it. I once saw a video where the entire was bar was used soap butt plug, with grooves along the sides cut out to make an indent, but that's wayyyy to big for me. I'm tiny lol

@j_essicaxxx - You may like to try our own "Simple" soap brand. .cut lengthwise into 3 or 4 & shaped (potato peeler) then smooth over with very warm water

Does'nt “tingle" as much as Sunlight or Velvet soap.

I discovered a neat method for soapsticks recently. I used to always soak a bar of soap in hot water for a while till it softened. Then I'd cut into the desired size, leaving the soapy water for a later SSE.

I had already cut a bar that didn't soak quite long enough, I decided to put in the microwave for about 5-7 seconds. When It came out it was soft and pliable. I could mold it into any shape I want, make them as long or as short, fat or wide.

Then I like to put a few in a bag in the freezer, I will take one of those first. Then a warmer, softer one after about 30 to 60 min. I tried several shapes, I like the buttplug shaped or double ripple. tapered is nice too.

Oh, if your'e not used to cold, you might want to skip the freezer. It can be a bit intense. However, if the cold gets too bad, a warm small enema, given slowly will help

Been using them for years, mr soapyfun

My mother received soap suppositories as a kid and later mentioned them (openly or obliquely) with horror. She never gave any to me and instead used glycerin,

I tried soap myself to see how it is and frankly it burns the rectum.

I have never tried soap stick before on myself or my husband. I always was too afraid of the burning.

I've heard this before. Why does simple soap burn?

Why does simple soap burn?

Essentially soap is a base, a very corrosive type of substance, often even more corrosive than many acids.

I believe that sodium hydroxide is the basic substance in soap, but very very very strongly diluted. I used to use sodium hydroxide in hot water to strip paint off of old furniture. Some paints you could literally strip off with a sponge soaked in a 5-10% hot sodium hydroxide solution. I've still got some prominent scarring from chemical burns from that stuff.

A Belgian serial killer also used a similar solution of sodium hydroxide to dissolve the remains of his victims. He was caught by family members informing on him and then only convicted because the police found remnants of his victims teeth in his vats, but not a thing else. Since his conviction, you can only obtain large amounts (say a vat full) of sodium hydroxide with a license - should other people hit on the same idea ... ha ha.

@agracier

But there's skin there and soap doesn't burn skin on the outside of our body. Is it a different type of skin in the rectum?

For kids who got soap enemas that burned, why didn't your parents just use glycerin or warm water?

TigerD: The bowels linings are not made of skin, but of mucosa. Skin can withstand much that mucosa cannot. Skin cannot absorb nutrients, but they go through the bowel linings. Etc.

Soap doesn't hurt inside the rectum because the mucosal lining has only stretch receptors. It can be injured just the same.

@Pecan_nutjob says :

Skin can withstand much that mucosa cannot. Skin cannot absorb nutrients, but they go through the bowel linings. Etc.

Not so, as the human skin (epidermis / outer layer) is capable of absorbing numerous chemicals - vitamin enriched creams ,oils & toxic substances that are carcinogenic

Ivory is still the soap to add or to use as a soap stick. It will come back out and then rinsing enemas will take care of any left inside. Everything will come out just fine.

If it burns or stings. Don't do it more than once or be prepared for what is coming. My mom and aunt always had a Mayonnaise jar full of water with a bar of ivory floating in it and then they would dip out a big gooey glob and put it in the bag after it was 3/4 full then carefully top it off. A real soapy HighHot&Hellofalot.

I'm curious about it, but it's not something I'd do to myself. I'm scared about "losing" it up there, so perhaps a thick long one, that's just inserted into the anus to stimulate. Or maybe a soap finger, a gloved finger dipped in liquid soap and held in there for a few minutes.

Sundaybrunch: I don't think it's possible to really miss a soap stick in there unless perhaps it's too solid... It draws water from the bowels and thus becomes softer...

I'm thinking if it gets too painful, then you can't remove it. If it's long and thick and just inserted, twirled to release some soap, and removed, the effects should be there. Yes, you could do a small sliver of soap, inserted deeply...

Sundaybrunch: Ah, indeed. From my own experience (a while ago), once it's soft and coats your inside, then it burns until you pass enough bowel movement to get rid of it.

If you want a less strong experience, why not a soapy enema? I did a very soapy one once and it was sooo weird - my rectum started pulsating on its own after maybe a pint? and I had to jump on the toilet.

Oh, I've had that too. Either castille or Ivory soap. Not for several years, though, haven't met anyone into it. I don't enjoy doing a self administration. But I remember how the soap enema feels.

I'm curious about it, but it's not something I'd do to myself. I'm scared about "losing" it up there,

A small piece should be enough to get things started. If you don't insert it more than a couple of inches, you won't lose it up there, and a couple of inches is usually good enough for me, so will hopefully be good enough for you to start with as well.

so perhaps a thick long one, that's just inserted into the anus to stimulate.

A small piece inserted into the anus will do that also, as I mentioned above. You won't be able to insert much of a long piece if you do it before a BM, and if you do it after, you risk rectal bleeding from the residue if you don't wash out well with a small enema or two afterwords.

Or maybe a soap finger, a gloved finger dipped in liquid soap and held in there for a few minutes.

I tried that once, and won't be doing it ever again. I couldn't take more than a few seconds (never mind minutes), and it burned like hell. I had to take a couple small enemas even after pooping to fully wash it out, and stop the burning. If you try a small piece near to the anus, you won't lose it, and you may find you like it.

For kids who got soap enemas that burned, why didn't your parents just use glycerin or warm water?

My thinking on this is that a household is much more likely to have soap around than glycerin. It is known that adding soap or glycerin or other (specific!) chemicals makes the enema more effective, and I imagine most parents aren't eager to repeat enemas more than necessary, so in their thinking one "good and soapy" one is better than a couple water ones. Further speculation - most instructions for soapsuds enemas are very vague about how much soap to use, or sometimes even suggest a significant amount. Many parents probably wind up making the enema soapier than it needs to be.

Essentially soap is a base, a very corrosive type of substance, often even more corrosive than many acids.

I believe that sodium hydroxide is the basic substance in soap, but very very very strongly diluted.

Fat is an ester (compound) of a fatty acid and glycerin. Making soap uses sodium or potassium hydroxide to split the glycerin off the ester. The hydroxide forms a salt with the fatty acid, and if done properly there will be very little free base left. In most cases soap appears to not cause a problem - in studies biopsies can see a difference in surface epithelium for a day or so, but then it seems to grow back. Very strong soap solutions (don't know exactly what this means, so I play it safe) or stupid soap solutions (antibacterial, detergent, and the like) can cause chemical colitis, not fun and potentially life-threatening.

I did see a nursing text from the '20s with the following slightly scary note: "Laundry soap is more effective in moving the bowels than white soap, but is more irritating." Given that laundry soap tends to have more free alkali than other soaps I wouldn't use it, even if it is "more effective" (especially given their recommendation to "[make] it fairly strong".

Indeed, most households have soap, while liquid glycerin is rarer. Also I wonder whether it's easy to mix liquid glycerin with water.

My mother in law used no soap, or, seldom, only a little. But some parents used more soap. I've seen in "call the midwife" milky soapy water. I guess that the instructions on how much soap to use were fuzzy.

Also, with a soapy enema you do not need as much water to produce a big reaction... this may be useful if using a bulb.

I never had a soap suppository, only Dulcolax and Glycerin.

I never had this happen when I was a child but I have used soap sticks on myself a few times just to experience it.

In my early years, growing up in a very bowel conscious family, I was subjected to numerous remedies for just about any ailment or just to correct bad behavior as this was thought to be caused by constipation. These included ivory soap suds enemas, glycerine suppositories, oral castor oil doses and soap sticks. I most disliked the soap sticks as they caused extreme discomfort for prolonged periods, although the castor oil was a close second due to its causing prolonged cramping. After receiving a soap stick, or sometimes just an enema nozzle heavily coated with soap, I'd plead for a plain water enema to help rinse out the remaining soap.

Ricini - Are you asking me?

It got me intrigued and has made me do it a few more times since then. I prefer suppositories because they feel more gentle but since trying soap sticks I have gotten the desire to use them from time to time.

I've never used soap sticks. Intriguing thought. Always wondered it they would sting or have a burning feeling.

They kind of do depending on what kind of soap you get. I'm not an expert on what is good to use though since I'm still just experimenting and learning. I don't think the little sting is too much though, to me it's more of a sensation than something painful.

My grandmom used to give me soapsticks when i had hard to poo. It lasted until my late teens and from about midteens i asked them when needed. Partly because i knew they really helped and paryly because i liked anticipation waiting to get them. Gran usually cut 3 sticks, softened them up in warm water and then ordered me to pull my pants and panties down. I got them in every position. Mostly i just laid face down on sofa and Gran parted my buttcheeks with her fingers and slowly inserted soapsticks. I still remember the anxiety while i was face down, bottom bared... When Gran opened my bottom and soapsticks touching my hole and then sliding in. Sometimes, when there was time of the Day with less light Gran told me to lay on my back and lift my legs up. So she would see better. She pushing soap in sometimes with some comments in style: "this little hole here is so tiny". Also had soap in bent over position. Gran didnt push them very deep, but after inserting she told me to lay still, pants down and in about 5 minutes she came to see, if soap is still in. If i felt it sliding out, i usually told her "gran, it comes out" and she pushed it back. They were stingy, but did effective job!

@238 RITA

Hi Rita! Dulcolax suppository is a good thing, but you must also try a big,a real big soap-suppository and it must be given to you by an experienced doc!