Disolvable stitches after surgery

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I had surgery on the 10th of April and it is now the 25th. I have these clear stitches in to what I am guessing are to be disolvable. There are three on my belly button and three above my pubic bone, I am wanting to know how long it will take for these to be gone because everytime I move I am ripping them?

ouch07 · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

I had surgery one week ago yesterday and had my follow-up appointment this morning. I have three spots that are really sore where the knots of the stitches haven't begun to dissolve yet. The skin is bunched up around them and the small areas around the knots are swollen. My doctor tried to pull one knot with tweezers to expose more of the thread to cut it, but the pain was too intense to do this. She told me she thought mine would break in the next couple of days because she could see they were pulled so tight. If they don’t break she said that dissolvable stitches can last up to 3 weeks. I can't imagine waiting for three weeks. These three knots of the stitches are far worse then the incision itself! Hang in there. I completely understand your frustration with it!

Disolvable stitches after surgery

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