Because of chronic pouchitis i'm probably going to be going back to a permanent ileostomy. I remember from the temporary ileostomy days one of the issues that guys tend to have is shaving hair around the stoma.

Just a thought before surgery but anyone ever though of lazer hair removal from the midsection so as to never have to take a razor any where near the stoma?

Never did it but shaving was a hassle. The seal might last longer with the hair removed too. Sounds like a good idea I might end up with an ileo also and would definitely consider something like that.

Now that I scheduled my surgery I called about lazer hair removal, unfortunately its a no go. To totally remove the hair they need 5-7 treatments 6-10 weeks apart. So almost a year advance notice. Oh, well. By the way its around $800, which with all the other costs I'll be incurring I did not feel to keen on.