# Is anal bleaching for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387 "2007-09-16T14:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/21 "2007-09-16T16:52:07Z")
I am so far behind the times, I don’t think I can ever catch up. I haven’t even had my breasts augmented yet, for heaven’s sake! And my husband still has hair on his chest, if you can imagine it. Bleach your anus? How do you get to know it needs bleaching? Where are people showing off their anuses that the colour of them becomes a concern? Are there “bend over and spread 'em” beaches? There is so much here I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/22 "2007-09-16T16:56:34Z")
I figure that once a suitor has occasion to linger on the state of one’s sphincterage, the deal’s not going to fall through unless you don’t clean properly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/23 "2007-09-16T16:59:17Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] “May cause discolouration. Test on a small, inconspicuous area first.” [/QUOTE] There are areas on your body people are less likely to see than your asshole?!? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/24 "2007-09-16T17:00:10Z")
How awesome does the rest of your body have to be to make this the next item on your list? “Sure, I’m happy with my skin, hair, eyes, tits, face, nails…but come to think of it, my bunghole is a shade or two darker than I’d like it to be.” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/25 "2007-09-16T17:13:40Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Bleach your anus? How do you get to know it needs bleaching? Where are people showing off their anuses that the colour of them becomes a concern? Are there “bend over and spread 'em” beaches? There is so much here I don’t understand. [/QUOTE] The only person I know of who’s had this done is adult film star Tabitha Stevens, and the procedure was captured for posterior, er, _posterity_ on an episode of Dr. 90210. Miss Stevens would, one presumes, be in a position to know the color of her asshole. In fact she’s probably been in that position quite often in the course of her career. Following the procedure Miss Stevens, who had previously acknowledged some issues with her extensive plastic surgery habits, pronounced herself “addicted” to anal bleaching. Tragically, the episode did not include the usual “before” and “after” photos and so it was left to the viewer to imagine the results. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/26 "2007-09-16T17:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Miss Stevens would, one presumes, be _in a position_ to know the color of her asshole. [/QUOTE] (italics added) We have a new second place! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/27 "2007-09-16T17:55:44Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I have a dream that one day I will live in a nation where I will not be judged by the _color_ of my asshole but by the _content_ of my asshole. I mean character. [/QUOTE] Sig please? I read somewhere that it started out for pornstars, and then, um, “spread” to the anal-conscious public. What’s next? Cornrowed pubic hair, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/28 "2007-09-16T18:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] The only person I know of who’s had this done is adult film star Tabitha Stevens, and the procedure was captured for posterior, er, _posterity_ on an episode of Dr. 90210. Miss Stevens would, one presumes, be in a position to know the color of her asshole. In fact she’s probably been in that position quite often in the course of her career. Following the procedure Miss Stevens, who had previously acknowledged some issues with her extensive plastic surgery habits, pronounced herself “addicted” to anal bleaching. Tragically, the episode did not include the usual “before” and “after” photos and so it was left to the viewer to imagine the results. [/QUOTE] There was another porn lady, maybe her I don’t remember who also did a demonstration of having her anus bleached on the Howard Stern Show. But I didn’t think it was a common practice. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/29 "2007-09-16T18:12:44Z")
> [@KneadtoKnow](#): > > We have a new second place! Of all threads in which to be number two… [QUOTE=Guinastasia] Sig please? [/quote] Feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/30 "2007-09-16T18:16:15Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] What’s next? Cornrowed pubic hair, perhaps? [/QUOTE] Seen it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/31 "2007-09-16T18:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=Obeseus] Seen it. [/QUOTE] Ditto. Granted, it was in a cartoon in _Hustler_, ca. 1980, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/32 "2007-09-16T18:23:32Z")
> [@](#): > > G-spot enhancement is also taking off; apparently, you can expand and sensitize the area by injecting it with hyaluronic acid or collagen. The payoff? A constant state of arousal lasting between three and six months. Imagine the happy soccer moms not screaming at you in the parking lot for once. Now, if we do with this near the prostrate gland… No! Down that path lies madness. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/33 "2007-09-16T18:24:33Z")
Yeah I could only assume that people would do this if they had parts of their body extremely well lit and then filmed. I mean it goes along with wearing full body makeup and having your personal waxer on a speed-dial number higher than your own parents. I don’t think its absurd for people in porn to do this. For the rest of us (I’m assuming no one here is in porn) I would think it would be a very unusual vain decision. As far as I know, my butthole has not been filmed…yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/34 "2007-09-16T18:25:03Z")
Bleaching? How passe. I darken mine with lampblack. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/35 "2007-09-16T18:29:57Z")
I think one of the funniest things in this thread isn’t actually _in_ the thread. See, if I’d posted this - even with the same title - I’d have stuck it in MPSIMS. But **QtM** , with a stroke of comedic genius, actually presented it here in IMHO as a genuine poll: well, _is_ anal bleaching for you? A masterstroke of dry wit. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/36 "2007-09-16T18:37:40Z")
I think y’all got the wrong definition of detail workin’ here… Yeah, my ass is in the shop gettin’ detailed. Had ta get it done before Bob and Sue’s big weddin’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/37 "2007-09-16T18:46:05Z")
So _noone_ at SDMB wants to be able to feel like the sun shines out of their nether orifice? I’d expect at least a few folks from my home state would want to try this. After all, one of our tourist mottos is “Wisconsin: Smell our dairy air!” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/38 "2007-09-16T19:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] After all, one of our tourist mottos is “Wisconsin: Smell our dairy air!” [/QUOTE] Manure desperate for the touristas, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/39 "2007-09-16T19:47:42Z")
A little known fact: After it was discovered that a combination of the position required, and the harsh chemicals could cut off circulation to the area in question, rendering it cyanotic, the procedure was renamed “The Crystal Gayle Treatment” . . . . Cuz don’t it turn my brown eye blue. Ducks and Runs… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387/40 "2007-09-16T19:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Of all threads in which to be number two… Feel free. [/QUOTE] Thank you. Done. **Obeseus** , I would think that would hurt. (Pulling, and all) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-bleaching-for-you/419387.md?page=3)