A skin barrier adheres to your peristomal (around the stoma) skin, helping protect your skin from stoma output, and attaching the pouch to your body. In a two-piece system, the skin barrier is separate from the pouch whereas in a one-piece system they are combined together.

Skin barriers include:

• Standard wear: Best for colostomy.
• Extended wear: Designed to provide greater protection from stoma output for people living with an ileostomy or urostomy as output can cause skin irritation.

Skin barrier openings vary in fashion, including:

• Cut-to-fit: Can be cut to accommodate your unique stoma size.
• Pre-cut: Available in a wide variety of sizes to accommodate your stoma, without the need for cutting.
• Moldable: By molding around the stoma, this skin barrier creates a snug fit designed to provide greater leakage protection than traditional barriers.

ConvaTec skin barriers come in the following varieties:

• Stomahesive^® Technology for standard wear.
• Durahesive^® Technology for extended wear.
• ConvaTec Moldable Technology™ skin barriers for a customized fit.
• Modified versions of Stomahesive and Durahesive Technologies are found on our one-piece products. These modified adhesives provide skin protection, but are designed for more frequent pouching system changes.