Te used a beeswax ring for awhile and tried various mounts;; sometimes the small pimple red itch but only having a stoma for about a year during the 3 gook u my J pouch surgeriesa ral red purple irriationkind of like dead exosed to the air flesh developed this was when my surgeon not my GI doctor recommended the Collagel seaweed tape and some form of seaweed based crème which worked very well and calmed the irritation down.....still had to go for fourth surgery due to the stoma herniating into a large bump...….