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DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 20:33
The doc told me they were baseball style stiches and 1 long piece of stitching material.
I wanna take them out on my own, anyone ever taken this kind of stitching out?
APpreciate anyone in the EMT or DR world to throw thier advice on it.

I have taken over 40 stitches out before, but the individual knot kind.
So this is all new to me.
whiskeyjack
11-01-2011, 20:35
pming you.
van7559
11-01-2011, 20:36
damn can't be that hard, cut on side and yank like a son of a bitch, if your good, it will come out in one piece[ROFL1]
DANGERTASTIC!
11-01-2011, 20:40
I used to take my stitches out all the time!! Hahaha

The best (or my favorite) way is use nail clippers to cut it, then pull out with tweezers.

Pull slowly lol
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 20:44
The thing I dont know exactly how to do it do I make one snip with the clippers
then pull the piece and will gradually get longer as its one long ass piece?

I know with the reg stitches, you clip on one side of the knot and pull the knotted side out and the stitch is out and repeat for the rest of the stitches.
sniper7
11-01-2011, 20:54
cut the top of each piece with nail clippers, pull out the small sections with tweezers
rondog
11-01-2011, 20:55
I prefer to go back and let Nurse Goodbody take 'em out for me.
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 20:59
cut the top of each piece with nail clippers, pull out the small sections with tweezers

One piece of stitc material, not individual pieces of material.
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 21:00
I prefer to go back and let Nurse Goodbody take 'em out for me.


The VA doesnt have very hot nurses
mcantar18c
11-01-2011, 21:01
Couldn't you simply cut and remove one piece at a time like with the normal ones?
4gunfun
11-01-2011, 21:05
Most stiches are easy to cut and pull out. I had some one time that were a bit**. They went through the normal way but then they moved over a 1/16" and went back through and then tied it. Didn't think I was gonna get them dug out of there. I would probally go in if I had to do them again. But, each one of those double stiches were one piece of thread. They were pretty deep in the flesh tho. [Help]
ChunkyMonkey
11-01-2011, 21:06
The doc told me they were baseball style stiches and 1 long piece of stitching material.


Then grab a couple baseballs and practice on them. [Tooth]
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 21:08
Then grab a couple baseballs and practice on them. [Tooth]
[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]
blacklabel
11-01-2011, 21:15
One piece of stitc material, not individual pieces of material.

Is there sections of material exposed? Could you cut what is exposed and pull the new individual pieces out?
NitroxBoss
11-01-2011, 21:29
Whatever you decide - Film and post OBV [LOL]
ChunkyMonkey
11-01-2011, 21:33
Whatever you decide - Film and post OBV [LOL]

Like this one...

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rondog
11-01-2011, 21:40
Oh yeah, video it for us please!
colorider
11-01-2011, 21:43
you do NOT want to pull the whole thread out at once. It is going to bind up, rip and tear at your skin. Cut stitch, then the one above or below it and take that section out, Repeat till you are done.
DANGERTASTIC!
11-01-2011, 22:05
Ya you just keep clipping it into the pieces you want. I usually just pull it WITH the clippers, the thread is pretty strong.

Just dont squeeze too hard and it will be fine
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 22:14
Got them out and was relatively painless with the exception of the one stitch that had some skin growing over it

BEFORE
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/DD977GM2/Stitches.jpg

AFTER
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/DD977GM2/stitchesa.jpg

Stitch material
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/DD977GM2/bluestitches.jpg
sniper7
11-01-2011, 22:20
One piece of stitc material, not individual pieces of material.

did he wrap it multiple times so you can see that same piece of stitching multiple times?

if so, all you are doing is cutting 1 long piece into several shorter pieces and will disturb the healing skin less.
sniper7
11-01-2011, 22:21
glad you got it out
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 22:24
did he wrap it multiple times so you can see that same piece of stitching multiple times?

if so, all you are doing is cutting 1 long piece into several shorter pieces and will disturb the healing skin less.

Thats what it was. 1 long piece and at the ends was tied in a loop then longer piece used to continue on the othe onther end.
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 22:32
glad you got it out


Me too and i dont have to deal with the VA to take them out. [Beer]
sniper7
11-01-2011, 22:36
Me too and i dont have to deal with the VA to take them out. [Beer]

and if anything separates a little bit, put super glue on it. I haven't had to stitch myself, but hunting dogs sometimes need them and so far I have done a good job with a needle, stitching and super glue![Weight]
whiskeyjack
11-01-2011, 22:56
Good job bro
blacklabel
11-01-2011, 23:06
and if anything separates a little bit, put super glue on it. I haven't had to stitch myself, but hunting dogs sometimes need them and so far I have done a good job with a needle, stitching and super glue![Weight]

Super glue is my go to when I cut my fingers doing something.
DD977GM2
11-01-2011, 23:40
Its nicely healed and I dont think super glue is going to be necessary.
alxone
11-02-2011, 08:27
just be glad you had stitches and not staples . good to see your healed up
Lex_Luthor
11-02-2011, 09:10
Nice job! I had some above my right eye and had a friend's mom (nurse) take them out for me. I was about to do it myself but she told me she would do it.
BlasterBob
11-02-2011, 09:47
The VA doesnt have very hot nurses

OK there DD977GM2, apparently you have NOT checked out the Nurses down in the Albuquerque VA.[Tooth]

Back to the stitches, just pull them out slowly and with care.
Jer
11-02-2011, 09:56
If you were further north or feel like a nice day road trip (lol) my wife can take those out for you. I've had LOTs of experience removing stitches myself but she's the professional.