My Daugter is 2 Years Old and Has a Dog Bite on Face Which Are Best Dissolvable or Non Dissolvable Stiches?

Sorry to hear about her dog bite. The choice of which type of suture to use depends on several things. Dissolving sutures are great in most cases, but they do cause more inflammation to develop, thus leading to a higher chance of scarring. When you are trying to create a very thin scar on the face, non-absorbable sutures are usually the best choice as the body has a much smaller inflammatory reaction to them and the scarring is less. They are also more durable and a... more