Method of producing disposable incontinence pads having a main part comprising a front region, a rear region and a crotch region, which is located between the front and rear regions in the longitudinal direction and ends up located between a user's legs, wherein the main part comprises an absorbent body, and having pad side parts (20, 22) joined to the rear region on either side and/or joined to the front region on either side, wherein, at least on the side directed towards the crotch region, the pad side parts (20, 22) form leg-opening regions which are contoured or run obliquely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the disposable incontinence pad, the method comprising the following steps - conveying in a machine direction a material web (50, 50a) which forms pad side parts (20, 22), wherein the material web (50, 50a) has a first material-web periphery and second material-web periphery, - making first cuts through the material web, and obliquely in relation to the machine direction, to form double-use material-web portions (23, 23a) which can be separated off from the material web and alternate along the material web (50, 50a) in the machine direction such that material web portions (23, 23a) which follow directly one after the other in the machine direction are arranged in a state in which they have been rotated through 180° in the plane in relation to one another, wherein first separating lines of the first cuts do not extend as far as the first and second peripheries (51, 52) of the material web (50a, 50b), and therefore the material web (50, 50a) in the first instance remains endless, - folding the material web (50, 50a) at least around two folding lines, which run in the machine direction, to give a folded arrangement, wherein at least one of the folding lines crosses over the first separating lines, - separating off the double-use material-web portions (23, 23a) from the material web (50, 50a) transversely or obliquely in relation to the machine direction such that the first separating lines, at least in certain regions, can form the leg-opening regions of the disposable incontinence pad, said leg-opening regions being contoured or running obliquely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the disposable incontinence pad. - conveying in a machine direction a material web (50, 50a) which forms pad side parts (20, 22), wherein the material web (50, 50a) has a first material-web periphery and second material-web periphery, - making first cuts through the material web, and obliquely in relation to the machine direction, to form double-use material-web portions (23, 23a) which can be separated off from the material web and alternate along the material web (50, 50a) in the machine direction such that material web portions (23, 23a) which follow directly one after the other in the machine direction are arranged in a state in which they have been rotated through 180° in the plane in relation to one another, wherein first separating lines of the first cuts do not extend as far as the first and second peripheries (51, 52) of the material web (50a, 50b), and therefore the material web (50, 50a) in the first instance remains endless, - folding the material web (50, 50a) at least around two folding lines, which run in the machine direction, to give a folded arrangement, wherein at least one of the folding lines crosses over the first separating lines, - separating off the double-use material-web portions (23, 23a) from the material web (50, 50a) transversely or obliquely in relation to the machine direction such that the first separating lines, at least in certain regions, can form the leg-opening regions of the disposable incontinence pad, said leg-opening regions being contoured or running obliquely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the disposable incontinence pad.