Tag Archive: Skin Care for New Ostomates

Skin Care for Ostomies

Skin Care for Ostomies | New Ostomates

Making sure the skin around the stoma is healthy not only eliminates itching, damaged skin, it helps the wafer stick to the skin better. 

Laura Cox, LPC
skin care for new ostomates

Skin Care for New Ostomates Video

We discusses skin care for new ostomates. Skin care is important because the quality of the skin is related to the integrity of the ostomy seal.

Laura Cox, LPC

Serving Medicare Ostomates Nationwide
My 89-year-old mother loves to swim but she has found that the pouch fills with water when she gets into the pool. What can we do to fix this?
Cathy
We recently had someone reach out to our Facebook community with a similar question, and several of our OstomyLife community members responded with their own advice.
 
Hopefully you and your mother will find their answers helpful ...