I guess I was lucky with my loop ileo. I had it for 8 weeks and never had any problems with skin irritation, just very minor and cleared up easily. I did remember that I had to change my bag more frequently and that it would squirt out more than down and that it was more liquid, which made changing the bag annoying. My surgeon had warned me that it was more of a pain then the end ileo but it wasn’t too bad. Sorry you’re having such a hard time with it. At least it’s for a short time.