actually that happen to me to long ago and so i called my doctors office and the problem ended up being that my wafer was not to right size you have to measure you stoma exactly. If that does not worked ask for the stomahesive protection powder. that will also help alot with the skin around the stoma. those two this helped my leaking problem so try it!

Have you seen any ostomy nurses? They gave me all my answers and even showed me how to apply properly...One of the key things is to try to apply firm pressure over your stoma and wafer so that the warmth from your hand softens the adhesive and you get a better seal...I would for sure see about seeing an ostomy nurse

A few things help me.. convex wafer and eakin seals! If you want to talk to the people that really know go to this AWSOME site called ostomy land.. just about everyone there has had an ostomy of some sort or delt with thim in some way.. Truely a great place for information .. there is a chat room and a message board that you can ask questions on .. ppl are always around. Here is the site. http://ostomyland.com/mainsite/

When I had my colostomy bag, changing the wafer was a chore, until I figured it out. I kept a 'test wafter' with the exact size that I needed to cut out.... and always had a few extra ones cut out (for accidents or emergency wafter changes).

Tips that I did that might help... were, when changing the wafer... I would remove the colostomy bag (contents in the toilet, and bag in the trash), and I would slowly peel off the wafer while in the shower. I would remove ALL adhesive that was left over, and I believe there was a cleaner to remove all the residue from the wafer glue.

Making sure I wasn't going to let anything out of the stoma, I would dry myself off, pat dry around my stoma.... get out the blow dryer, dry around the stoma (carefully avoiding contact or heat to my stoma), and then using the Wafer Prep (which prepared your skin for the wafer), THEN... using the stoma glue stuff, carefully spreading ON the wafer, and then applying it around my stomach, and spreading a decent amount (not too thin or too thick) just on the skin around the stomach (for extra protection). Put the wafter on, firmly press and hold... and grab the good old blowdryer again.... and use heat (warm setting), and then cool to make sure the adhesive was given a good amount to stick and dry....

At first the Dr's said I would have to change the wafer every 2 or 3 days... but it was so good, that the most I went was 5 days before the wafer started to get that whittish-watery look around the cut-out hole for you stoma.... Now... I didn't do it every 5 days all the time, just once... wanted to see how long it would last, if it could....

Good luck to all. Hollister was my brand of choice.

All the above answers and for the dips use a little more eakin seal to build the dips up to the wafer. Also make sure there is no skin break down.

Try eakin rings from edgepark.com. They are super. Also, make sure that you are making the hole small enough and there is no gapping or skin showing. I would change on the 4th day too and not let it go any longer.

I remember (probably about twice) where I didn't cut the wafer to size, and the skin just below the stoma got so irritated, that I had blood. It wasn't much obviously, but after having been through what I had.... it freaked me out!

Good luck!