When they're full, you remove the entire pouch and replace it with a new one. After your surgery, you may be referred to an ...

Crohn's sufferer Bethany Townsend, 23, became an overnight internet sensation after an image she posted of herself in a bikini with a colostomy bag scored more than eleven million views on social ...

A colostomy is an operation to create an opening (stoma) of the large bowel (colon) onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). Your poo no longer passes out of your body through your back passage.

"If we don't talk about it, if we don't teach people, how are they going to know to accept us for who we are?" says Jessica Grossman, who founded the nonprofit Uncover Ostomy Jessica Grossman was ...

The condition, which affects 1 in 650 people in the UK, means many of those affected have to wear a colostomy bag which can make some sufferers want to cover up, even in hot weather. But now one ...

Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy. Skin barrier. The skin barrier is the part of the ostomy pouch that sticks to your skin and protects it.

The operation is called a colostomy ... change the bag and keep the skin around your stoma clean. You'll change it a few times a day. Try to do that when the pouch is only a third full to prevent ...

But one moment still haunts him. He said he was in a cell with someone else who had a colostomy bag. It was overflowing. "Finally, me and three other guys got to kicking on the door—boom ...

The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to protect an ostomy bag from being struck or damaged while working, engaged in contact sports, or during various other activities.