What Can You Do to the Stitches Not Dissolved After Breast Implants

Most of the dissolvable sutures used will go away at about 6 weeks.  Sometimes they do not and the body will try and spit these out to get rid of them.  They will usually work their way to the surface.  Please let your plastic surgeon take these out in the office.  Please don't go digging for them at home.

Thanks for your inquiry, ask your surgeon about using hydrogen peroxide, it can speed up dissolving the sutures, good luck.

Thank you for your question.  In most cases the body will break down this dissolvable sutures within the first 6-8 weeks, however, this is not always the case.  In some cases the body will instead try to expel these sutures by pushing them to the surface, otherwise known as 'spitting sutures.'  When these sutures are sticking out above the skin's surface they can be easily trimmed at an office visit.  Other times these sutures never actually break the skins surface and may require that the surgeon remove them under a little local anesthesia.   I would recommend following up again with your operating surgeon to discuss your progress, if any, with these suture knots.  Your surgeon may recommend soft massages and/or warm compresses multiple times a day to help facilitate the sutures break down.  When it comes to the knots of the sutures, there is more suture material to break down and as you can imagine this may take a little longer.  Follow up with your surgeon and do not try digging these sutures out on your own.  I hope this helps and best of luck!