the rear is in there for getting rid of any waste, for nothing else. So stop using it for anything else. If the hemorrhoids are external, and this is not a medical advise because I am not a doctor, I apply Vick Vapor Rub, to the are, if they are internal (you can't touch or see, I buy some of the prepartaion H ointment and that really helps, in the mid time I try to get my feces as soft I can. And of course I never had sex with my.... so I dont know, but that maybe is a good Idea for you. To explore other practices... If the b.F. is not helping get rid of him. Godspeed.