Efficient tools for trimming barrier holes?

Anonymous · 2020-08-25T16:26:48-04:00

I have been using a cuticle scissors at home and a nail file to file it down...Because using the angled one I was taught to use was too hard for my hands every time....Even tried a box cutter once...What do you find that works to get a perfect stoma hole?

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Jan 04, 2021 5:20 pm

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Puppyluv56

Jan 05, 2021 10:29 pm

I just saw one of those at JoAnne's fabric store and was thinking that would be interesting to try. Of course, I was looking for some sewing toys at the time. May have to go back to that and look again. I did see a 1" cutter.
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I use Coloplast scissors that are made to cut a wafer. The tips of the scissors are angled.

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