Nobody likes to smell bad – especially me. I actually have a huge aversion to the smell of body odor. I seriously hate the way it smells so much and it gives me a headache. The other day when I was at the gym, there was this dude who smelled so bad that it literally stunk up the entire place. Now I completely understand a little bit of body odor that goes on at the gym; however, this was something different altogether. This body odor was super strong and seeped into every crack and crevice of that room.

There was no way to escape from it. How do you not notice when you smell the bad? I seriously do not understand it. Anyways, all that to say – smelling bad is the worst. People with ostomies undoubtedly experience smelling bad all the time, since they literally have their poop and pee sitting in a bag that is attached to their body. Well, there are actually certain products made for these people that involve deodorizing your ostomy pouch to keep from smelling so bad. The great thing about all the medical advancements we have made with the evolution of our society is that things like bad odors can be a thing of the past (as long as we are willing to use various products of course).

One thing that I hate about wearing my ostomy pouch around in public is that I am always worried I am going to start smelling like my output. Smelling bad is not just for when you are hiding away in the bathroom trying to change your ostomy pouch. Sometimes you can just be walking around through the mall and then, suddenly, you get a nasty whiff of your disgusting ostomy pouch. Is there a way around this problem? Of course there is! By simply using deodorizing products that are made for ostomy pouches, you can actually avoid smelling bad most of the time. Granted, you are still going to have to deal with other smells that may come out of your body (like your bad body odor or your bad breath), but you can at least be somewhat certain that not everybody around you in a 20 mile radius is going to be smelling your nasty ostomy pouch. Another thing that you really need to keep in mind is that you cannot just use any sort of scent masking or deodorizing product in order to cover the awful stench of your ostomy pouch. You have to specifically use products that were made specially for ostomy pouches; otherwise, you run the risk of hurting yourself, including your stoma, or damaging your ostomy pouch system.

All in all, I highly recommend using some sort of deodorizing product for your ostomy pouch. If you are not sure where to buy these products, you can most likely find them on different websites online. There are lots of online websites that sell ostomy pouch deodorizers for relatively cheap, so make sure that you head on over to those websites and order yourself some so that you can stop smelling bad all of the time. If you’re lucky, you can even find products that your insurance will cover as well. I hope that this article was helpful. I really hated writing it.