


So you can't control when you move your bowels. Unlike your anus, your stoma doesn't have muscles or nerve endings. If your bowel needs to heal after a health problem or part of your colon needs to be taken out because of a condition or disease, you may need a colostomy bag.ĭuring surgery, the end of your colon is brought through an opening in your belly to form what's called a "stoma." This is where your feces (poop) will come out.
