A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: Getty Images) You may not know the word for it, but odds are you've seen ...

Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically septic and the doctors gave me the option to have ostomy surgery," she ...

Sara Levitt is a model and content creator with over 43,000 followers on Instagram The 30-year-old is also a Crohn's disease and ostomy advocate For 15 years, she kept her ostomy bag hidden from the ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "As a nurse, I thought there could be a better colostomy bag design for patients," said an inventor, from Jesup, Ga., "so I invented THE CAP DRESS WITHOUT ...

A mother-of-two who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag. Suzanne Dore, 42, of Rayne, Essex, discovered that dressing in ...

Matthew Perry said having to use a colostomy bag — an external bag for feces to be stored — for a year helped him kick his drug addiction. The “Friends” alum revealed that his “gastrointestinal ...

A fashion model has not allowed cancer or her two permanent ostomy bags get in the way of pursuing her dreams — and now she says she wants to inspire others. Jearlean Taylor, 51, of Baltimore, was ...