Method of providing an ostomy device that is shape-adjustable to conform to a bulge or a hernia associated with a stoma

A method of providing a user or a healthcare worker with an ostomy device that is shape-adjustable to conform to skin around a stoma associated with a bulge or a hernia, the method comprising:

• providing the user or the healthcare worker with:
• an adaptable ostomy base plate comprising a film having a distal surface that defines a distal side of the adaptable ostomy base plate and a first adhesive on a proximal surface of the film such that the first adhesive forms a proximal side of the adaptable ostomy base plate, and a reinforcing structure comprising an outer radial periphery attached to the distal surface of the film and an inner radial periphery unattached to the distal surface of the film;
• delivering the adaptable ostomy base plate to the user or the healthcare worker in a storage configuration characterized by the first adhesive and the proximal side of the adaptable ostomy base plate each in a substantially convex shape;
• and
• configuring the adaptable ostomy base plate for inverting from the storage configuration to a use configuration upon inverting the substantially convex shape of the first adhesive and the proximal side of the adaptable ostomy base plate to a substantially concave shape and stabilizing the adaptable ostomy base plate in the use configuration by contacting the inner radial periphery of the reinforcing structure with the distal surface of the film.