Hollister adapt rings

I have read some posts in here on these rings from 2010 and 2012 and would like to hear some newer comments on them.

Some one said they tend to swell and turtleneck and I would like to know what that means. Right now I am using the Hollister adapt paste but have a few sample rings I received in the mail yesterday that I would like to try...

Any help would be appreciated as I am new at this and just had my surgery done on July 18th so I am almost 6 weeks post-op TIA

I though someone said that it swelled so that it almost covered the stoma I think. Do you flatten it and do it just a little larger than the stoma or do you leave a little extra room around the stoma to allow it to swell. Also what is turtlenecking ?? Lol

Thanks

I think Hollister Adapt rings and Eakins rings (seals?) are two different things for two different purposes. I recently ordered Hollister Adapt rings thinking I could mold them around the ostomy, but the directions say otherwise. The directions say to apply the Hollister ring to the skin barrier (wafer) to make the skin barrier convex. I haven't used the Eakin rings so would appreciate hearing from anyone who has used both.

I center the ring onto the hole of my wafer and then use my fingers to enlarge the hole of the ring to just slightly smaller than the hole of the wafer (the wafer hole on my eakin ring is much much smaller than the orecut size if my wafer hole). In the process of enlarging the rjng's hole, I end up creating a bit of a ridge which I easily flatten with my fingers. Then I put that whole contraption around my stoma-- the ring portion that juts inside the hole of the wafer glides over my stoma and prevents the edge of the wafer ending up too close to the stoma. My stoma hole is about 1/8" bigger all around than the stoma itself and the expanding rung then fills up the gap. Pressing down on the flange with my "Equalizer" thingie after I put on the wafet/ring combo also helps the ring exoand into the gap.