A Mini Annoyance
July 28th, 2010 | 
Author: OK, over three months past my surgery and overall, I’m feeling wonderful. But there is one slight continued annoyance I thought I’d share for others that are going through recovery. No real pain or discomfort caused, but just annoying to keep seeing that my incision stitches that were to be dissolving … aren’t. Bit of a little detail to share, but I’m hearing it’s quite common.
So for others out there that might have the same issue, yes, those tiny strings popping out of your skin around your incisions, are sutures working their way out of your body. Some just don’t get it that they should dissolve! What next? I won’t ask! :)
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Rhett’s little chin totally rejected the “dissolvable” sutures he had a few years ago. He had internal and external sutures and I remember feeling very confused when he woke up with stitches again one morning AFTER he had already had the external ones removed. They just extruded right out like little whiskers. His pediatrician just snipped them off and he healed fine, but I have no idea how large an area you’re talking about. Good luck. Fun! Fun! Fun!