After everything stoma people go through, I was wondering if anyone has had a tattoo around theirs. Is it an obvious no-no? How did you stop stoma from leaking while having the surrounding tattooed? Did you cap it? Or not eat for several hours so output was zero? I am 8 weeks post-surgery, have an ileo, on chemo for x3-6 rounds, so while I'm waiting, I can design a tattoo if this is viable, and then find a competent person who won't pass out when they see the stoma!!!

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