Your stoma might need cleaning 4 or 5 times a day until it has completely healed. Keeping your stoma clean can help to stop scar tissue from forming. Scar tissue can make the stoma narrower. When the ...

The bucket held scalding, near-boiling chowder, and the burn closed young Tom’s gullet with scar tissue ... This opening (technically a “stoma,” or mouth) was surrounded by a rosette ...

I find it so wrong,” she said. “Who cares? Your scars are battle scars and your bag might be your life-saver. I’m so confident about my bag and my stoma. I love to show it! “Never forget that you are ...

A stoma is an opening in your belly's wall that a surgeon makes in order for waste to leave your body if you can't have a bowel movement through your rectum. You might get one if you have ...

A stoma is a hole (opening) made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. It is at the base of your neck. Through this hole, air enters and leaves your windpipe (trachea) and lungs.