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26 years
Why my Anus is getting darker with time? I wash it everyday, But not using soap. Is this could be a reason? and is there any way to light the color up? Thank you
Aug 25, 2014

Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
Well that might be quiet normal ,for one thing, the skin around the anus represents a change from external epithelium (skin) to the internal epithelium that lines the end of the digestive tract.
These layers overlap and make that small region of skin thicker.
Another thing is that the epithelium surrounding the anus is more keratinised than the surrounding skin and thus appears darker

so this is normal and don't listen to some advertisement claiming other than this ,that will be only for advertisement and they may be considering anal bleaching which is not recommended in that sensitive place since it is normal
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