Be careful to avoid pinching the stoma between the flange (the plastic piece that fits into the ostomy pouch) and the pouch. Wear clothes with a loose waistband and keep the waistband above or ...

Two-piece pouching system: The skin barrier (also called a flange or landing zone) comes separate from the ostomy bag. The sticky part goes on your skin. Then, you can take the pouch on and off ...

A stoma bag is a device that fits over the stoma’s opening in a person’s abdomen using a skin seal, barrier, or flange. Stoma bags are usually made of hypoallergenic, waterproof material to ...

Begin securing the ostomy bag by applying the pouch with the skin barrier laying directly on your skin. If you’re using a two-piece system, you can attach the pouch to the flange before or after ...

There are two ostomy bag systems: a one-piece and a two-piece. Both systems have a pouch that collects waste as well as a skin barrier (also called a flange, wafer, or baseplate) that sticks to ...

A stoma is an opening made through your abdominal ... Often the leak is under the flange. The flange is the adhesive baseplate that attaches a colostomy pouch to your body. The flange is attached ...