An absorbent article for personal hygiene having a front edge and a back edge notionally defining a longitudinal axis extending from the middle of the front edge to the middle of the back edge, the absorbent article comprising: - a garment facing side comprising a liquid impermeable backsheet; - a wearer-facing side comprising a liquid permeable topsheet; - an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material between the topsheet and the backsheet; - a chassis comprising the absorbent backsheet and the absorbent core; - a pair of barrier leg cuffs disposed symmetrically relative to the longitudinal axis, each barrier leg cuff defined by a proximal edge attached to the chassis of the article and an elasticized terminal edge that can be raised away from the chassis; wherein the topsheet comprises a raisable region defined by a front side, a back side and two longitudinally-extending sides (243, 244), wherein the longitudinally-extending sides are at least partially attached to the barrier leg cuffs at a position away from the proximal edges of the barrier leg cuffs, and the font side and back side are at least partially attached to the chassis; so that when the barrier leg cuffs are raised away from the chassis, the raisable region of the topsheet is lifted up by the barrier leg cuffs and an empty volume is formed between the raisable region and the chassis; wherein the article further comprises - a front waist cap extending inwardly from the front edge of the article and having an inward-looking edge, wherein the front side of the raisable region of the topsheet is attached to the front waist cap at a position intermediate the front edge of the article and the inward-looking edge of the front waist cap; and/or - a back waist cap extending inwardly from the back edge of the article and having an inward-looking edge, wherein the back side of the raisable region of the topsheet is attached to the back waist cap at a position intermediate the back edge of the article and the inward-looking edge of the back waist cap, so that a portion of the front waist cap and/or the back waist cap are raised simultaneously with the raisable portion of the topsheet; characterized in that the inward-looking edge (621, 631) of the front waist cap and/or the back waist cap comprise(s) a recess. - a garment facing side comprising a liquid impermeable backsheet; - a wearer-facing side comprising a liquid permeable topsheet; - an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material between the topsheet and the backsheet; - a chassis comprising the absorbent backsheet and the absorbent core; - a pair of barrier leg cuffs disposed symmetrically relative to the longitudinal axis, each barrier leg cuff defined by a proximal edge attached to the chassis of the article and an elasticized terminal edge that can be raised away from the chassis; wherein the topsheet comprises a raisable region defined by a front side, a back side and two longitudinally-extending sides (243, 244), wherein the longitudinally-extending sides are at least partially attached to the barrier leg cuffs at a position away from the proximal edges of the barrier leg cuffs, and the font side and back side are at least partially attached to the chassis; so that when the barrier leg cuffs are raised away from the chassis, the raisable region of the topsheet is lifted up by the barrier leg cuffs and an empty volume is formed between the raisable region and the chassis; wherein the article further comprises - a front waist cap extending inwardly from the front edge of the article and having an inward-looking edge, wherein the front side of the raisable region of the topsheet is attached to the front waist cap at a position intermediate the front edge of the article and the inward-looking edge of the front waist cap; and/or - a back waist cap extending inwardly from the back edge of the article and having an inward-looking edge, wherein the back side of the raisable region of the topsheet is attached to the back waist cap at a position intermediate the back edge of the article and the inward-looking edge of the back waist cap, so that a portion of the front waist cap and/or the back waist cap are raised simultaneously with the raisable portion of the topsheet; characterized in that the inward-looking edge (621, 631) of the front waist cap and/or the back waist cap comprise(s) a recess.