ConvaTecESENTA Skin Barrier for Protection Around Stomas and Wounds, Silicone Based, Sting and Alcohol Free, 25ct Box (Pack of 1)

The Esenta brand seems to be a rebrand of Sensi-Care. Basically, the BEST line of ostomy accessory sprays/wipes around!A skin barrier is a MUST when it comes to ostomy care. The skin is constantly in contact with adhesive so this helps protect it.This skin barrier is one of the more light ones. Once it dries you can’t really tell it’s there. I wiped it on my arm to patch test it and couldn’t feel the area difference with my eyes closed.Not much of a smell either.For all of the ostomates out there, you’re amazing! You’ve gone through so much yet are doing great things. Be proud to wear an ostomy! Mine saved my life.

Although I tend to use Hollister products, I have also used various ConvaTec products over the years. Normally, ConvaTec makes excellent items; however, I felt these didn't quite live up to their usually standard. While the pads are about twice the size of most of the other skin barrier wipes, and they are INCREDIBLY soft (which really impressed me), they didn't seem as moist as previous ones I have used. Typically, the pads I have used are so saturated that they drip a little bit when you remove them from their individual packages. These were more like a normal gauze pad, with almost no liquid in them. Initially, I thought this was a good thing and that they had found a way to add the proper about a barrier to each wipe, but when I applied them to my skin they didn't seem to do anything. It is possible I just happened to get a bad batch (it happens with even the best companies), but if not you'd be better off using one of the many other types of wipes that are out there.

ConvaTec is a very well known and reliable supplier of various ostomy supplies, and these protective skin barrier wipes are invaluable for anyone who has a colostomy, a urostomy, or other area that needs to be protected from body fluid. I don't have either of those, but I do have a wicked reaction to any sort of medical tape adhesive, so I personally use these to protect my skin so that it doesn't have a horrific reaction to any tape that is applied anywhere on my body. Even a simple piece of tape to hold the gauze in place after blood is drawn can cause redness and sometimes blistering. One of these wipes applied in advance to the inside of each forearm, since I never know which side they're going to use for my labwork, saves me a ton of grief after the fact. These wipes are not cheap, but ConvaTec is a company I trust, and it beats risking the pain and potential infection from an avoidable skin reaction.

I can’t speak for the use of this product for other than what I used it for, but for my situation it worked great. I have a very close family friend that had a horrible medical emergency that required her to have a skin graft off of her arm, among many other things. The problem with her skin graft is that the dressing they put on it, and told her she needed to continue to use, would irritate the skin that the adhesive touched and it was beginning to cause major problems. She would come over to have help to change her dressings, so I ordered these to try. After a single use she noticed a difference, and within a week, the markings from the original irritation was gone. Like I said, this was a very simple thing that we needed to use this for, but for us, it worked fantastic.

I got these for my mom, who is currently recovering from a major gastro surgery and had a roughly 8-inch incision on her abdomen to heal. After a couple of weeks of changing the bandages multiple times per day, her skin was getting very irritated, so we figured we'd give these a try.Once we started using these, there was a noticeable decrease in irritation. At almost $1/wipe, they're not cheap but we found that 1 of them did last for the day so we got away with using 1 per day, which isn't terrible when you break it down to cost-per-day.These worked for our situation, and I would recommend them.