A little bit of stitches left after surgery?

By nicoletash on 21 Jul 2011

I got my stitches taken out on monday and today(thursday) after looking at my nose there is a small, black, piece of my stitches that wasn't taken off my nostril. These are not dissolvable stitches and i'm really stressed out about it. I'm only 17 so i asked my mom and she told me to just pull it out with tweezers. i disinfected some tweezers and tried to do it several times but it hurt and i couldn't get it out. I have an appointment to go see my surgeon in a week. Can i just wait until then? My mom won't take me earlier since the office is two hours away. I'm kind of freaking out..

Comments (1)

Tom at RealSelf (Community Manager) 21 Jul 2011

@nicoletash - thanks for posting. I'm sure your surgeon's office would provide you with good advice, but in the meantime here's doctor Q&A about rhinoplasty stitches. Hope these help.