Get the real deal on beauty treatments—real doctors, real reviews, and real photos with real results.Here's how we earn your trust.

Tummy Tuck + spitting stitches Q&A

Get real answers from board-certified doctors and and other qualified providers
More about Tummy Tuck + spitting stitches
All Results

Is it normal that my plastic surgeon dug out spitting sutures leaving this deep hole? (Photo)

I have an open wound due to spitting stitches with no infection. The PS dug out the stitch leaving me with a deep hole. Is it common? Could

Will these spitting sutures 7 weeks post tummy tuck ever heal? (Photos)

I have had this one spot on my TT incision that at about 3 wks started oozing PS said spitting suture was to blame and they tried to get

Slow healing, 9 weeks post TT with lipo. What do you think is going on? (photos)

I am 9 weeks post TT and feel so swollen. I had splitting suctures so my healing has been slow. The latest is pain on the sides of my

FEATURED DOCTOR
SEE ALL

Extreme swelling with shooting nerve pain & large blister 8 months post-op - have you seen this before? (Photos)

I had a tummy tuck 8 months ago and had a few stitches spit and a little trouble healing around my drain site. This week I woke up with

Spitting stitches and open wounds? Will be three weeks post op Monday. (Photos)

Surgeon said leave alone. I have six spit stitches from closed incisions that have opened and the large one never closed and a stitch

What can I do about excessive spitting staples not breaking through the skin? (photo)

I had a tummy tuck and thigh lifts. The thigh incisions are spitting staples. It looks like a zipper. I have removed at least 6 but can see

Spitting sutures after FDL tummy tuck. Do I just have to wait until all of the sutures come out? (Photo)

I am 10 weeks post op from my FDL tuck. A stitch started poking out the top and when pulled it was around 5cm long! 13 days later my belly

Is it normal to have drainage from spitting stitches? 6 wks post TT. (photos)

Im 6 weeks post op of a I dont know the name of the tummy tuck I got its an upside down T at 3 weeks I got echar on by the pubic area my Dr

Stitch spit up 2 montns after TT. Doctor put an acid inside the hole and it's been draining yellow mucus. I am scared. (photo)

After 2 months of having my tummy tuck done my stitch spit up and made a whole, it Keep draining and 3 days ago I finally got to see the

What are these red/purple vertical streaks coming off of tummy tuck scar? (photos)

I am 6 weeks post op full tummy tuck. My incision is pretty well healed but I'm noticing these streaks going up and down along the