how can I get a longer wear time?

Is Sensura Coloplast? I didn't get on with those bags and found the base was prone to leaking. Salts is currently my favourite 1-piece bag. There is also a variety of Salts 1-piece which comes with a Dermacol collar attached - it's not a convex bag, but the collar bit does stick out very slightly and there's a plastic bit which goes over the stoma and protects it. The Dansac 1-piece was good for not leaking as well.

If you like the Sensura and wanna stick with it, then I'm not too sure :-/ The most important thing is that your skin is absolutely dry before application. Then just press it all down as firmly as possible, making sure that there aren't any major rucks. Some people apply heat with a hairdryer. A 1-piece lasts me about 3 nights, as long as I put it on properly.

I would recommend trying a Salts bag though! Salts are a UK company and I've really liked their bags so far. Not tried their convex version though.

I use Sensura as well .... Just started using a Hollister convex barrier ring with the light convexity bg, and it is working great. Sometimes I even lyre them - put an Eakin seal on the wafer, then another convex seal. I also add the Brava seals (the c-shaped ones) on the bottom side f the bag. I was getting jut a day before, now I can get 4 days with this setup.

I need an Eakin seal and am very "anal" about heat & pressure. I use my hairdryer to warm both my Eakin & my wafer right before placing them, separately. I then alternate heat & pressure over all for 3 mins or so once the wafer is on, before applying a Sure Seal. I am careful to shield my stoma from the heat with a cap from a can of mousse [courtesy of Another UC Wife] or my "gadget" linked to below.

I switched to a whole Eakin, Convatec Convex Moldable [applied diamond-shaped], Sure Seals and my heat & pressure routine all at the same time and something finally clicked and saved my sanity. I am now consistently getting 7 days wear, up from only 2-hrs to 2-days wear.

There is one other thing I do during my pressure step to help solidly set the Eakin & wafer. There is a product available for quite a bit of money, but there are alternatives to the concept. It is the Equalizer by Stomaplex--nothing more than a section of rubber tubing. You can see how it works and there are a couple of videos within this first link below. I went to Lowe's and bought a foot of rubber tubing and my son cut me off a 2-inch piece--and it worked perfectly. The other link is to my "gadget" found in the PVC plumbing department at Home Depot. These caps can be purchased in different sizes depending on stoma size and flange size. All the same concept of even and steady pressure on the wafer around the stoma where it may be hard to get fingers into. Even the top of a correctly sized empty bottle would work. I use my "gadget" now in place of the rubber tubing because it also works to shield my stoma from the heat of my hairdryer.

http://shop.stomaplex.com/stomaplex-the-equalizer/

I use Cavillon spray and it's all right for me. I really spray it on, too, so it's not like I only put a little bit on. You should give it a couple of minutes to dry, though.

Have you tried wearing an ostomy belt? Not the most attractive thing in the world but definitely improves my seal, especially if I wear it on the first day after a change (got that tip from ActiveUCer)

Have you tried it without the cavilon spray? Might stick better. I thought at first it was necessary, but for me it's not.

I agree re sure seals, great stuff, and also with trying other brands if this one isn't working for you.

Another thing is are you measuring your stoma? You could be cutting it too big or too small if it's changed size.

crohnielass
Have you tried Friars Balsam Compound? Read the posts under "powder under my stoma".

Dan