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Patent pending

A new way to manage faecal incontinence.

Joyvié® Health is developing patent-pending faecal incontinence underwear that keeps stool off the skin. It is designed for dignity and skin health, for people living with faecal and double incontinence and the care teams who support them. Made for real bodies, routines and environments.

Care professionals

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Individuals and family members

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Faecal incontinence brings a lot of work with it. Changes take time and need privacy. Skin needs regular checking and care. When a leak happens, clothes, bedding or a chair need dealing with too. Whether you manage this for yourself, for someone you love, or as part of your job, the effort is real.

That effort says nothing about the quality of care being given. It says a lot about the products available to give it.

Moments people should not have to endure

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“Faecal incontinence is subjective and chronically underreported. We’ve never truly understood the scale of the problem because people are too ashamed to tell us”

Dr Ashish Sinha

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital and Clinical Advisor to Joyvié Health.

9.1 million

An estimated 9.1 million (16.9%) UK adults experience unintentional bowel leakage monthly or more.

RWB omnibus, 2,004 UK adults (2026), modelled against ONS population data.

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So, what happens today?

Three in four people who use a product to manage bowel leakage rely on pads or nappies.* These products seal faeces and urine against the skin.

This comes at a cost.

*RWB omnibus, Sept 2026, 2,004 UK adults. Base: 214 whose main method for bowel leakage was a product.

Skin damage

Around one in four people with faecal incontinence have incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD).* Stool on the skin breaks it down, causing pain and infection.

*Ohde et al., J Adv Nurs, 2025. Pooled global data.

Distress and dignity

Sitting in stool, and the smell that comes with it, is distressing. So is being changed. People can withdraw, or become upset or agitated.

Everyone deserves to feel clean, comfortable and able to get on with the day. Today’s continence products make that harder than it should be.

Joyvié brings faecal continence care that works with real life

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Wallet, keys and glasses on a side table

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Patent-pending continence underwear that keeps stool off the skin. Designed to fit into everyday life, for the person living with faecal incontinence and the people who support them.

Faecal incontinence can be hard to talk about. And it can make every day harder than it needs to be: how well someone slept, what they wear, whether they leave the house, and how they feel around friends and family.

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Dawn’s story

Four days that felt normal

Dawn lives with faecal incontinence. She is a professional hairdresser for whom closeness to clients and freshness are so important. Below is her exact feedback on wearing Joyvié.

First time I’ve ever worn anything, and I’ve not had an accident, put it that way.

Dawn

Early product formative study

Steve’s story

Regaining confidence

Steve lives with faecal incontinence caused by Crohn’s disease and MS, and uses a wheelchair. He recently started a full-time job, so getting out of the house matters more than it used to. Below is what he said after wearing Joyvié.