We’ll say this up front: We’ve never had our anus bleached. Though it’s de rigeur for the porn star set, there’s just something about having another person apply (possibly carcinogenic) hydroquinone cream to our taint that turns us off. But hey, our tastes are not everyone’s tastes, which is why Enrique Ramirez, of the New York men’s spa face to face nyc, says he has a loyal following of anal bleachers.
How you generate a loyal following of a treatment that, we thought, you only need to perform once … well, we don’t know. But the Mexican-born spa impresario, who says he counts Neil Patrick Harris among his clients (though not necessarily for bleaching), says that initial punchlines about the treatment have been replaced with a “cult following.”
“I didn’t know how people were going to react from this unusual treatment,” Ramirez tells Queeried. “I was extremely surprised how New Yorkers especially, reacted to this. I received tons of letters accusing me of being sick!!! Many writers and bloggers made fun of me as well. I wanted to take it back but, I stuck it out and eventually all the negative comments and press went away. I now have a good amount of Anal Bleaching cult following.”
Did it turn out to be bad for business? “I truly believe that I lost some clients from this. During the Fall of 2007, I was in many Manhattan magazines so I really couldn’t hide it. I even removed it from our web site for a few months until the storm ended. A few regular clients did comment in a negative way when anal bleaching was introduced and suddenly they disappeared with no explanation.”
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So what is anal bleaching? Well, some men (and women) have darker pigmentation around their anus, and it might just get confused for uncleanliness, because brown skin around the anus makes you think of doody. Enter bleaching, which matches the skin around your rectum to the rest of your body.
Are we going to try it anytime soon? Probably not. But we’re all for cosmetic enhancements that boost self-esteem, so go look up Ramirez if you’re into this sort of thing.
Ogre Magi
What a waste, I like dark holes!
terrwill
Michael Jackson: Anal Bleaching gone wild!!! : P
scott ny'er
ok. maybe this answers a question I’ve had.
I’ve noticed on some men’s asses, they have a ring around their hole, maybe 2inches give or take in radius, that is a different color then the rest of their skin. I’m not certain if it’s darker but it is a big ring. It almost makes the hole seem like a target. For ex. an archery target.
So, is that what’s being talked about here?
terrwill
@scott ny’er: BULLSEYE!!! : p
Mr.Jones
He should put bleach on his brain. If he has one.
Muscato
Okay, this is driving me crazy: I read the phrase “anal bleaching” and all I could think of suddenly was some comedy routine, movie clip, or sitcom bit – but I can’t place it. I just remember a nasal voice, with a vaguely Slavic/Balkan/Generic foreign-sounding accent, using “the anal bleeeeeaching” in some context that must have been hilarious, because it still makes me giggle. Was it Bruno? Rosario? Who? Some Queerty reader must know…
bryan
To Each There Own.
It’s not hurting anyone. well maybe your hole will burn a little bit.
Fitz
Whatever it takes to feel comfortable and attractive. It’s pretty judgmental to be so critical of something like this. I don’t do this, but if I was insecure about my coloring, I would do it in a flash. If you are critical of this, then don’t do it.
John
No. 2 · terrwill
Michael Jackson: Anal Bleaching gone wild!!! : P
***********
Really? Grow up and get a life; the man is dead. Are you really that lame?
stevenelliot
Does anyone remember, like me, the episode in Sex in The City where Charlotte looks at her vagina for the first time, up close, in a hand mirror??
Derek
@John: The answer your question, yes he is that lame.
zenflo
I think this anal bleaching thing has less to do with the appearance of cleanliness, and more to do with the “lighter than thou” skin-tone competition that occurs all-too-often within our wonderful world of race and ethnicity.
See, this is how it works: Sometimes, when a daddy loves a mommy very much … wait, wrong explanation.
OK … our wondrous species comes in a true rainbow of colors … for you younger guys who haven’t tasted them all (yet), just think of a big ol’ tasty bag of Skittles.
Within this bag of sweets, you get some Nordic types with nips and dicks and holes as pink as the Easter Bunny. There are also wondrous African guys whose skin and parts range from blue-black to cafe-au-lait. And many of the latter are direct descendants of our third President, Thomas Jefferson.
God bless the USA! But I digress.
Oh, and in-between the edges of light and dark there are Latin men, South Asian men, and those of the Far, Far East. Here one sees an array of ivories and tans. And quite often, shades of plum (“blush”) in their nether-regions (“gasp!”).
Within this sexy mix, some guys get private parts quite a few shades darker than their skin tone. Instead of marveling at their own creation, they look to bleaching as a “solution.”
I’m sure that the profits from wang, sack and hole bleaching would restore the U.S. economy on its own, if only those damned scientists would stop focusing on cancer and AIDS, and formulate a cream that was effective, yet gentle on the ween/scrote.
Has anyone tried Palmolive dishwashing liquid? Madge won’t tell.
As well, I’m sure laser-light treatments are here or coming to a one-hour Ass Crafters near you soon. Instead, why not save up for that starter home, Pamela?
So just remember: Love your bung-station as nature intended it to be, and reward it often with aloe-infused wet wipes. No doubt, you’ll be rewarded back.
YOUTH IN REVOLT
Hey know why you fellas talkin bout a fellow Gay person like that?
We Gays should stick together too make this big Gay world beter for are Gay brothers and sisters.
Terrwill seems like a real funny Gay to me. Hes cool and wity.
I shuld be in school, at praktice for the to sports teems Im on or workin the gay / straight allance I started but Im not cuz truth b told…
I am a much, much older man who can barely remember high school.
xoxo
YIR
ggreen
Queens today are like the Technicolor tessies of yesteryear. Today’s queen is striving for a “real life” look for High Definition. When Technicolor became the norm women’s make up became really severe. Heavy powder and blood red lips with jet black, orange or platinum hair. Lasering off all your body hair prematurely ages the skin, “preventative” plastic surgery now will require extensive reparative plastic surgery later. All this so you can try to be someone you physically are not. Now that’s ignorant.
Solis
Something for everybody … I guess. For me personally, whenever I vacation in Mexico, I like to have the hairs on my CRACK braided with cornrows. It does draw a lot of attention when I run along the sandy beaches … but sexy nonetheless!
zenflo
@Solis: Miss Derek, do tell!
Lukas P.
Thanks Queerty for ruining my lunch break! {g}
Bleach near the “bunghole, the doody shoot, the gateway to heaven” entails some risks to the skin tissue. They didn’t say how strong the solution is [or how much it costs?] but I sure as *hell* wouldn’t want to recommend this as a “do it yourself” project! Very hard to explain this kind of “accident” in the E.R….
I wonder if the Board of Cosmetology, or whatever its called, is aware of this procedure?
CondeNasty
To paraphrase a Margaret Cho bit… “If you are so concerned about the color of my asshole when you are fucking me, then you probably shouldn’t be fucking me!”
terrwill
@John: Oh please defend MJ, like he contributed soooo much to the Gay community. So sad that people on these threads have to be so damm serious. Smile a bit, it helps your disposiiton……..
John
Terrwill, I’m not too serious; you’re just not funny. What is sad is people who don’t know what’s funny and what’s not. Frankly, MJ was persecuted enough when he was alive; and most of the jokes about him were homophobic (since too many people equate child molestation with Gays). So your take is distasteful …and not funny. “…like he contributed soooo much to the Gay community.” Why was he supposed to? The only thing he owed anyone was to deliver great music and performances; he succeeded. Get over yourself.
Thomas
I don’t need to bleach my adorable hole, but I do bleach the skin where my cheeks touch (the cleavage, if you will). It’s always been weirdly dark even though my cheeks are stark white. Now, THAT looks unclean. Anybody else have this issue? No? Anyone? Just me? Haha. Btw, you do have to keep doing it or it changes back.
Thomas
Fyi, If I accidentally put too much on and it reaches my “gateway to heaven”, it burns like a mf. I don’t recommend.
dvlaries
This is an idea I expect to remain a cult until a safe, do-it-yourself, at-home version is invented.
April
@Thomas
I have this too! Even has a girl, this article got me thinking about bleaching because I’m a very pale person, so that bit of darkness around my butt hole and up my crack looks very gross to me. Ick.
Dirty Ole Man
Leave it to a bunch of sissies with
low self worth to make a cottage industry out of
something so damn ridiculous! Latins and Asians
are the primary targets of this asinine procedure.
This is all about the idolization of
the all mighty Ivory White Man.
Shame on us all! We’re going to hell.
zenflo
@April: If a second-tier gay blog suggested that a fleshy clit was gross and icky, would you have it cut off, too?
Grow some (mental) balls, girl.
Tom
Hilarious that this treatment is done at Face to Face spa, when that doesn’t describe this particular procedure at all. So will Enrique himself be the one that’s actually bleaching my no-no spot? because if that’s the case I’ve had worse looking first dates that weren’t nearly as fun.
samir
i want to fuck his asswhole
Tyra
dvlaries there already are a lot of DIY anal bleaching sets out there. You can even get them over the counter.
anal bleaching site
I can’t believe how many people still have no idea of what it is:) “This is an idea I expect to remain a cult until a safe, do-it-yourself, at-home version is invented.” – read read anal bleaching FAQ’s to get a better idea.
anal bleaching site
I can’t believe how many people still have no idea of what it is:) Read read anal bleaching FAQ’s to get a better idea.