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Posted 3/5/2011 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
No matter how hard i  try I cant stop getting wrinkles on the adhesive part of the wafer?
Posted 3/5/2011 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
try lying down flat when you put it on, probably your stomach isn't quite even, i have the same problem, as long as its just the bandaid part and not making the wax part stick up it doesn't matter.  i have a wrinkle right now!  i always have a wrinkle, in the same darn place!
Posted 3/5/2011 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
but if you lie down flat it wont be as bad
Posted 3/6/2011 4:43 AM (GMT 0)
I get wrinkles in the outer perimeter of my wafer too. It is not a big deal since I use an Adapt Barrier Ring. As long as the ring is adhering to my skin and then to the wafer, it doesn't seem to matter what the area outside of that is doing. I have never had a leak except for one right after my surgery when some incision drainage got under the wafer.
Posted 3/6/2011 9:58 AM (GMT 0)
yeah lying down flat when applying the wafer helps a lot. i always have a wrinkle too, but it doesn't cause any troubles.
Posted 3/6/2011 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
when you apply the wafer and remove the plastic backing - hubby pulls it off slowly and as he does he presses on the bandage part to keep wrinkles from forming - once one half is in place he does the other 1/2. That seems to work for him standing or lying down.
Posted 3/6/2011 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
My wafer has a two part adhesive ring round it. The inner area is thicker and that's the bit you cut out the stoma hole from, the outer bit is thinner like mefix tape. I always lie down to change my bag/wafer and only peel off the inner adhesive cover first, stick this down around stoma and press down to ensure good seal. Once that done I then peel backing off the outer ring half a side at a time and press it down as I go to ensure no wrinkles.
Posted 3/9/2011 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
I always have a big wrinkle under the stoma from a fold in my belly. I fill it with eakin but it gets bulked up after a day or two and get a large wrinkle, but so far it's only leaked twice (once was because I forgot to wash my hands after putting lotion on my face doh!) if its not leaking i wouldn't worry about it though.
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