Unlike adult diapers, incontinence underwear is often split into “men’s” and “women’s” categories. To keep things simple, we refer to the design styles the way the underwear companies do.

"Basically you put the soaking wet nappy into the plastic bag ... Cancer UK said there were hundreds of thousands of men with urinary incontinence and it was "deeply unfair" that many men felt ...

Southern Railway said it now had bins, for the disposal of pads and nappies ... Around one in three men over 65 have urinary incontinence problems, while one in 20 over 60 have a bowel ...