How long were your sutures left in?

Wondering how long your sutures were left in before you got them removed after a tummy tuck and/or thigh lift?

Thanks!


DW

aren't they all disolvable?. I never had any sutures removed they all disolved themselves.I am so glad of that cause I hated to get sutures out.

ok Dawn, didn't you have your surgery 12/17  . . . so tomoroww is 2 weeks.  shouldn't the stitches be removed?

You are right Lisa...it will be 2 weeks tomorrow.  Dr. S. recommended to leave them in for 3 weeks, but the incisions are healing very well and I'm thinking I might should have them removed sooner.

You have to take out your own stitches. You are brave I know I could never do that.

Hey Dawn!
My TT sutures were taken out at 13 days post op, but my arm sutures had to wait for 3 weeks.  Then it was a little difficult because my incisions had healed so well.  My RN friend removed them for me last wednesday and we were praying the entire time because it was not easy.  I kept a lot of neosporin on my arm incisions and that caused them to take longer to heal.  I only put neosporin thinly on my TT so it healed much faster.

The only sutures that needed to be removed for my tt were my belly button the rest were dissolvable. They were removed about a week to a week and a half post op.

I had desolveable.     He did take out the belly button ones about a week later though.  

I keyloid and am extremely pleased that there will be onlly slight line scars and they will go away

Hi Dawn. I got mine removed the night before I flew out so that would be 12 full days. It healed up nice. The scabs all fell off by day 20...