What Happens to the Sutures Used to Corset Your Stomach Muscles Together?

If dissolvable sutures are used, then they will be absorbed by your body. If permanent sutures are used, then the remain in the location where the surgeon placed them. Some would argue that the permanent sutures have a more long lasting effect.  Others would say that both work well. I am more confident in the ability of the permanent sutures to hold.

There are two options for the sutures used to do the corset during a tummy tuck.  Permanent suture such as Nylon or Prolene or dissolvable sutures such as Maxon or PDS.    Either can be used with excellent results and surgeons differ on which they prefer.  The permanent sutures will remain there forever but are rarely felt except in very thin people.  The dissolving sutures will gradually disappear over approximately 4 months.  This length of time allows the fascia which was sutured together to gain enough strength to hold itself together.  I prefer the dissolving sutures so no foreign material is left behind.

In the United States most plastic surgeons use permanent stitches to repair the muscle which remain in place.  Absorbable or dissolvable stitches go away over time.  Many European surgeons use these type of stitches.  So we know that either kind can be used and give good results.

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