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Enjoy showering and bathing
Taking a shower is probably part of everyone’s daily routine, and your stoma should not prevent you from enjoying this ritual. You can even choose whether you prefer to shower with or without a bag, both are possible and you will see that a shower cover or shower guard may not be necessary.
Your particular stoma type will certainly influence your decision whether you prefer to shower with or without a bag: Colostomies often have more predictable output, while ileostomies and urostomies tend to be active all the time. Some people even say that showering stimulates their stoma, so they prefer to shower with a bag.
A lot of people alternate between the two options: On the days they change their bag, they shower without and otherwise with the bag. It is important to figure out what works best for you and develop your own routine. If you have had stoma surgery recently, you should talk to your stoma care nurse first, especially if you have wounds that have not completely healed yet.
Tips and recommendations
Our stoma bags are waterproof, which means it is not necessary to cover either one. However, if you wear a bag with a filter, cover this with the protective sticker that comes in the box with your stoma bags. This will help ensure that the degassing performance of the filter remains good after the sticker is peeled off after showering.
Here are some personal tips and recommendations from other ostomates:
Tips and recommendations
A lot of people prefer to shower without a bag and absolutely recommend it. They report that showering without a bag feels liberating. And they enjoy the sensation of clean water running over the stoma. At the same time, it is a good opportunity for the skin to breathe. If your stoma becomes active, you are in the perfect place to wash everything off. It is well worth it and any mess can simply be cleaned up afterwards.
Whatever you decide to do: There is no rush. Take your time, do what feels right to you. Some take six months to finally try showering without a bag. When you decide to try it, you might be happy and keep the habit. Or perhaps you decide that this is nothing for you as it may “end up with a mess”. It is your personal choice.
We would like to share the following tips from other people with an ostomy:
Sometimes just the thought of a relaxing bath at the end of a long day helps you get going. And it also has some nice benefits: You treat yourself to some well-deserved time out and your muscles can relax.
Actually, you can relax completely: Our stoma bags are waterproof! However, if you wear a bag with a filter, cover this with the protective sticker that comes in the box with your stoma bags.
Remember to choose shower gels or bath additives with a neutral pH, preferably without any fragrance and without dyes. To enjoy the lovely smell during bathing scented candles may work for you. Conventional shower gels or bubble baths can leave a greasy film on the body, which makes it difficult for the stoma appliance to stick properly and remain in place. If you use a bag with a filter, put a protective sticker over the filter to maintain its effectiveness.
Practical advice
Before bathing, showering or swimming, it is important to cover the filter of your colostomy or drainable ostomy bag with the protection sticker to maintain the filter’s performance. These stickers are provided in the packaging of your stoma bags. Using them is quite simple but varies slightly depending on which bag you are using. Remember to remove the filter protection sticker after bathing, showering or swimming.
This handling applies to Softima® colostomy (flat Mini/Midi), Softima® Roll'up (flat and convex), Softima® Active (Colostomy/ Roll'up), Softima® 3S (colostomy/ Roll'up/ High Flow), Softima® Key (colostomy/ Roll'up), Proxima®+ drainable and Proxima® 2+ drainable bags.
This handling applies to all our stoma bags with inspection window.
This applies to our Softima® colostomy flat (Maxi) and convex bags, Softima® High Flow, Softima® Key Maxi drainable, Proxima® colostomy, Proxima® + colostomy and Proxima® 2 colostomy bags.
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