Perineum Sunning

About

Perineum Sunning, also known as Butthole Tanning or Sunning Your Hole refers to the practice of exposing one's anus to the sun for supposed health benefits. The practice has been attempted for several years, but went viral in 2019 following a post by Instagram user metaphysicalmeagan about the practice that attracted media attention.

Origin

The earliest known testimony of someone attempting "perineum sunning" was recorded by YouTuber Tonya Tko on August 13th, 2012 (shown below). In the description of the video, she testified that she felt "ah-may-zen" but that there was no "documentation of this practice's importance" that she could find.

Spread

The practice did not gain popularity online for several years. On May 6th, 2016, YouTube account Solar Anus Yoga posted a video about the practice (shown below, left). It was not until the autumn of 2019 that the practice began getting more online attention. On October 11th, 2019, Instagram health influencer certifiedhealthnut^[1] posted a photo of himself doing it on Instagram (shown below, right).

The trend began going viral after Instagram user metaphysicalmeagan posted an image of herself doing it (shown below, left).^[2] The picture was covered by Papermag,^[3] Rolling Stone,^[4] Men's Health,^[5] and others. On November 30th, actor Josh Brolin responded that he had attempted the trend and did not recommend it, writing on Instagram,^[6] "My pucker hole is crazy burned and I was going to spend the day shopping with my family and instead I’m icing and using aloe and burn creams because of the severity of the pain."

Sunning Your Holes / Popularity On TikTok

Perineum sunning became a popular trend on TikTok throughout 2022, often called "sunning your hole." For example, on June 16th, 2022, TikToker^[7] @soulofjaret posted a video where he suggests you "sun your bumhole," garnering over 900,000 views in two months (shown below, left). On June 27th, TikToker^[8] @laurenannekennedy posted a video where she claims that "sunning your holes for 2 minutes a day will increase your vibrations," garnering over 391,000 views in two months (shown below, right).

On August 21st, Twitter^[9] user @shreksbabymom posted a screenshot of @laurennekennedy's video, writing, "SUNNING YOUR HOLES," garnering over 290,000 likes and 21,000 retweets in a week (shown below). On August 26th, Indy 100 ^[10]published an article about the trend.

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