goten said:
One option is to put your diaper tapes on just a little bit looser, so that you can slide them down, use the bathroom, then slide them back up.
I've tried this, even with loose top tapes I can't slide it down. :/ I think my hips are too wide. Higher padding in the back with the waist taped tight (I suck in before I do the top tapes) and then the legs a little bit looser is how I like to wear my diapers.
goten said:
How long you can stay messy mostly depends on your skin. I can go overnight without a care in the world. Worst case is I'll be a tiny bit sore or itchy. Some people will get a rash within an hour. It may not be pleasant, but try going for longer and longer periods until you get a rash, and note how long it took. If you make it longer than you'll ever need, obviously stop and be glad you avoided a rash.
Yeah, I think I just need to try it before asking so many questions. LOL I did once, years and years ago when I was still wetting the bed, and I felt so ashamed in the few seconds after that I changed immediately and tried to not think about it. But that was before I had any sort of daytime incontinence. My girlfriend will be visiting family from Christmas until after New Year, so I'll have time to try this experiment… assuming I'm not so grossed out by it the first time that I give up on the idea immediately. I should probably order some plastic pants today if I'm going to have time to do this, I guess I'll get the Gary briefs I read good things about.
goten said:
If you can avoid it, I would suggest not messing in public. If you really can't, at least take chlorophyll. But take note that chlorophyll can make you go more often.
Funny that my options are "less often but smell worse" and "more often but smell better" LOL I can't imagine I'd mess in public unless it were an absolute emergency, like a real accident. And I'm already getting good at knowing the nearest places to change throughout my day. My bowel movements are frequent, but the timing is inconsistent, which makes it difficult to get into a regular changing schedule. One thing that is consistent (sorry if this is graphic) is the size… thankfully I almost never have a BM that is larger than (for example) a golf ball. I also rarely have non-solid or sticky messes. (Probably because of diet) So maybe clean up won't be too much of a problem, especially since this isn't something I'd be doing on a regular basis. Thanks for all of the advice!
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jguy said:
Actually, I’m in my messed diapers as we speak, and the plastic pants (Euroflex bloomers) really do a fine job of containing smell.
If you have had experience with both, would you recommend Euroflex above Gary briefs for odor control?
jguy said:
Regarding rash – try it out – at home and see how your skin reacts. I my case 3-5 hours wearing makes my buttocks a bit itchy but nothing substantial. And I kinda enjoy the feeling, but that’s a whole different story
Looking to order plastic pants online today so that I can do exactly this while my girlfriend's away for the holidays. Even though she's well aware of my incontinence and 100% supportive of me, messing occasionally isnt something I want her to know that I'm considering as an option for managing my minor bowel issues… it feels like a personal decision, and hopefully I'll always be able to change discretely away from her whenever it happens.
jguy said:
The biggest issue as I see it is cleaning. I live in a Southeast Asian country where spray-hoses are common in toilets – 1.000 times more efficient than mere toilet-paper, but that’s hardly the case in most Western restrooms making cleaning your behind much more complex unfortunately. Public restrooms are hardly designed with diaper-wearers in mind...
There's not very much variation in the composition or size of my bowel movements (which is probably why they are so frequent) so I'll know soon enough what to expect each time I decide to do this. I'll probably allow myself to mess an M4 at home at some point after Christmas but before New Year (hopefully I'll have plastic pants by then) and report back
In most cases I wouldn't be staying in the diaper for more than two or three hours at most (I'd like to sometimes be able to go four or five hours between changes) so I guess I'll start with an hour and a half (if I'm not immediately too grossed out again) and see how my skin reacts. I should probably buy some more wipes too. And maybe Destin. My bathroom at home has a toilet closet separate from the shower and sink that's smaller than most public toilet stalls, so I'm going to try changing while standing in there the first time to see how clean I can get using just wipes and how quickly. I have no idea the best way to change a messy diaper, so I'll have to do some more reading on the forums before I try this LOL Hopefully I won't need Febreeze :/ Thanks!