What does a non absorbable suture look like? Colour and texture?

Non-absorbable sutures come in a variety of colors and textures, but the ones most commonly used inside the nose during septoplasty are plain gut and chromic gut. Gut is a light tan color, and chromic gut is a slightly darker tan/brown color. They also come in white (vicryl), clear (monocryl, PDS), and purple (PDS), although these are less commonly used during septoplasty.

There are many types of non-absorbable and absorbable sutures. Some non-absorbable sutures are black and shiny, black like thread, blue and shiny, clear and shiny. There are also absorbable sutures that are blue, caramel-colored like hay, clear. . . the list goes on. The best thing to do is to return to your surgeon for an examination. Your surgeon will be able to let you know what kind of sutures were used where.