I have 19 surface stitches (and 8 beneath the skin-absorb able) in my neck. I got them last Saturday night/ Sunday morning 7/8, 7/9. When can I pull 'em? They are bugging me because I can't shave around them and it itches like crazy.
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I have 19 surface stitches (and 8 beneath the skin-absorb able) in my neck. I got them last Saturday night/ Sunday morning 7/8, 7/9. When can I pull 'em? They are bugging me because I can't shave around them and it itches like crazy.
They usually itch. Didn't doctor say when? Doctors usually remove it unless they give you the stitches that dissolves.
Meh go for it, better scar, chicks dig scars.
Kidding, yeah doc should have said something on when you return to office to have them removed.
They said 10-14, and I'm getting impatient.
I don't need another medical bill to go along with it and they're easy to pull, just have never had an injury this deep/severe.
I'm gonna have a ginormious scar anyway. Just gonna say that I escaped from the cartels when they were trying to behead me. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
Leave them in as directed. Wound dehiscence is not good. Most places do not charge to remove sutures they put in.Quote:
Originally Posted by 00tec
Surface stitches I always cut with a clipper and pulled them out with tweezers.You do probably need to wait until it's time though. [Beer]
Post a picture of the sutures/wound. Only way to be sure.
But 10 days is a tiny bit early usually - unless you have been coating it in zinc and taking care of it extremely well.
Curiosity killed the cat, how the hell did you end up with some many stitches?
I would leave them. the last thing you want is for it to split back open and you end up getting a bigger scar or having to pay more medical bills