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Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (92)
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@fckaiser
Please explain what you mean by "making the hole bigger in the base plate". I have had leakage problems too. I was advised to be sure the baseplate fits close around the stoma, so very little skin is exposed. If you have had better results by exposing more skin I would like to learn more about that.
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@dona46 I used to cut the hole for my stoma at 1.5" in diameter which fit snuggly around my stoma. I had some leakage problems so I increased the size of the hole to 1.75" and stretched the wax ring hole to fit the base plate. For some reason this helped with not having leakage problems any more. It would seem that making the hole bigger would increase leakage problems but it didn't. I don't know if the close fit on the stoma caused increased pressure on the adhesive on the base plate and led to leaks. It could be that when the stoma spasms as it does sometimes that it puts pressure on the adhesive. The looser fit helps that. My leaks are very minimal now. Hope this helps you. Give it a try and see.