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Dressing Up and Looking Great
Try it on
Make anything fashionable
Find the right jeans
Fashion-friendly wraps
Feel good about yourself
When in doubt, try it on
Maybe not every outfit will work for your ostomy, but something will. If you like something, try it on. You may be surprised.
You can make anything fashionable
Sometimes I throw on a scarf with an outfit. I might put a belt around my waist. Even when it may seem strange or crazy, I put an outfit on to see if it makes me feel confident.
Find the right jeans
A lot of people want to get back in their jeans again. If you’re anxious to get back into jeans right after surgery, try maternity jeans; they stretch and put less pressure on your pouch as you get comfortable with your ostomy.
Fashion-friendly wraps
Some ostomy wraps have a pocket on the inside that securely fits your pouch and keeps it flat against your abdomen to help relieve the pressure of your pouch filling. This is helpful when you’re wearing certain kinds of clothes.
Feel good about yourself
No matter who you are, you’re beautiful. You’re carefully and wonderfully made. You're a designer original. There's nobody like you.
Tips from our me+ community
Jearlean Taylor, model, author, and businesswoman, has never known life without an ostomy.
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Jearlean Taylor, @msjearleantaylor
Ostomy surgery took place in 1970.
Jearlean is an author, cancer survivor, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, fashion model, ostomy advocate and content creator. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer (Rhabdomyosarcoma) at the age of 3 years old. Because of location of cancer cells; ostomy surgery was not optional. She's had permanent colostomy and urostomy since the age of 3.
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Featured Articles
10/10/2024
Travel
Traveling with an Ostomy: What to Pack
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Fashion
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Everyday life
Peristomal Skin Care
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Everyday life
Sleeping with an Ostomy
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Everyday life
Travel
Managing Humidity and Extending Pouch Wear Times
For people living with an ostomy, humid climates and certain situations may cause concern in pouch wear time. The me+...
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Activity
Everyday life
Reducing Risk of Parastomal Hernia
You may have heard about a complication known as a ‘parastomal’ hernia, an abnormal bulge around the stoma. These tip...
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me+ Community Stories - Taylor
My name is Taylor Mitchell-Ross and I'm in my 30's. I had ostomy surgery due to severe idiopathic constipation and un...
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me+ Community Stories - Maggie
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me+ Community Stories - Meghan
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Relationships & Intimacy
Intimacy with an Ostomy
Tips to enhance intimacy with your partner and answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
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