Fashion with Ostomy Care

Have you ever ended up walking down the road or a hallway and noticed that people were looking at you.  This is a feeling that at first is rather strange, but in time people don’t even notice it.  But when you are generally not a fashionable person or considered a little overweight and end up losing a bunch of weight you will notice that people look at you.  The notice is because they see an attraction and that can be for many different reasons.  At first, you think the feeling is that something is wrong, but soon you realize that you simply look good and that the look is positive.  This is the feeling that many people who are just out of surgery from an ostomy think they will never feel again.  That is the way that it goes sometimes.  So I wanted to go over some ideas and tips to overcome that feeling and hope that you can get those looks again soon and all based on your fashion.

Learning to dress differently is hard.  I remember moving to a new culture for a few months and learned that everything I was wearing was wrong.  People stared and thought I was just out of touch.  It was not that what I was wearing was not normal where I was from, but in new places, they have different styles.  So for several months, I had to shop, ask questions, and learn how to dress again.  Everything was different and I ended up on a huge learning curve.  But soon I figured out what was right, in place and how it all worked.  The same really goes for dressing with an ostomy bag as well. It seems scary, normal clothes seem out of place and you have to relearn how things work.  This is easily done though and the learning curve is quick to overcome.  But I think the key thing to do is seek out answers to questions.

I first saught my questions online.  This is 2020 and with phones and laptops, it is simply not smart not to look for answers.  Things happen fast and fashion still changes just as fast.  So that is why it is important to keep up with the times and keep searching.  I first like to start by simply googling ostomy fashion and read up on all that is out there.  But remember that dates matter and fashion changes. But many of the core ideas of ostomy fashion stay the same so feel free to read and learn from the old things and articles as well.  But social media is truly the main area to look at for what is hip and in.

I highly suggest finding people to follow on all platforms of social media.  Rather they are simply posting videos, photos, or written works they are all worth keeping up with.  Find people you admire or like their look.  Find people with body types like yours or similar stoma placements.  That helps to allow you to be able to match more easily.  But be open to understanding that we are all different and that what works for one person may not work for you.  This is a key part to learning and understanding that even your favorite person’s ideas may not work for your body.