Recently, the skin right around the edge of my stoma has gotten very irritated - raw and bleeding. My barriers are not getting a good seal, and I am at a loss about what to do. I've tried paste and rings, both paste and rings, nothing but barrier, powder, no powder, Hollister, ConvaTec, and Coloplast, two-piece and one-piece. I have tried different positions when putting on the barrier...lying flat, sitting up, standing up, slightly bent over. Nothing is keeping the output contained at the edge. I don't know what else to do... it's getting painful. My ostomy nurse doesn't have any suggestions either, so I figured someone on here might have tried something I haven't thought of.
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