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From: Mike on 10 Aug 2007 12:29
Has anyone tried cyanoacrylate for the skin around the stoma when the
skin starts to separate?
I tried it this morning. It immediately joined the skin wounds around
the stoma. It is similar to dermabond which is used in surgery; but,
dermabond is sterile; superglue is not sterile as far as I know. I
have used it in the past for cuts on my fingers after sterilizing the
cuts (a doctor recommended it to me). Make sure you don't get any on
the stoma; I accidentally got it on my stoma and it HURT when the
stoma was trying to pull away from the skin! It is ok now thank
goodness and I no longer have the original pain from the peristomal
skin wounds caused by acid from the stool.
I will keep everyone up to date.
Don't use it unless a doctor recommends this to you! It could be
dangerous if misused.

From: Barnard Peters on 12 Aug 2007 22:53
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:29:03 +0000, Mike wrote:

> Has anyone tried cyanoacrylate for the skin around the stoma when the skin
> starts to separate?

Colo here for about a year. I've had the skin separate but have
been hesitant to talk to my otsomy nurse. It seems to heal back up
without intervention by simply putting the medicated powder on it. Is this
something I should expect off and on or will this get bad if not attended
to?

the superglue thing sounds good if there are no toxic chemicals in the mix.
From: TestingJustATest on 16 Aug 2007 13:58
My update on the super glue:

It surprisingly didn't hold that well. The glue came off (lifted up
and peeled away) and the stool leaked underneath it causing a skin
breakdown.
.....back to square one.....again....

From: TestingJustATest on 17 Aug 2007 11:47
I tried tincture of BENZOIN swabsticks after that super glue
disaster. The tincture of benzoin healed the area and allowed
adhesion.
My stoma is back to normal now and all the raw bleeding skin is healed
because of the benzoin.


From: TestingJustATest on 27 Aug 2007 11:15
Also, the liquid bandage sticks work well too; but, make sure that the
area is dry before applying.

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