Abstract
This article sought to discuss the process of adaptation to the ostomy, focusing mainly on the emotional and social aspects involved in the lives of patients who have the collection bag after undergoing this surgical procedure, which can be performed at the gastrointestinal tract level or in the region of urinary tract, as needed. The impacts on their social environment, such as the prejudices and stigmas suffered, were evaluated, explaining how the realization of new essential care due to this change in the body, or the lack of this realization, will affect the physical and even psychic health of individuals who need to live with a stoma, analyzing the possible repercussions in the face of this situation. The work shows the daily care of patients with the collection bag, observing the discomfort with the object, in addition to the daily dedication to its maintenance and hygiene, generating the need for more intense self-care. This process of adaptation to living with the described body alteration is often responsible for the appearance of negative feelings, which need to be reversed in a well-being for these individuals.