Using hydrogen peroxide to clean my nose 4 days after surgery. now I'm afraid that I have damaged my stitches.

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I used hydrogen peroxide 1 time after 4 days from my surgery and then I read this: "Absorbable Stitches, Hydrogen Peroxide a Bad Mix" http://www.drugs.com/news/absorbable-stitches-hydrogen-peroxide-bad-mix-8900.html Should I be worry? Did I damaged my stitches or my final nose results? Please let me know, Thanks.﻿

Harry V. Wright, MD · Answer

sundayhd,Trust me when I say, the two people who are most invested in your incisions healing well are you and your surgeon.If your surgeon instructed you to use hydrogen peroxide to gently clean your incisions postoperatively (I recommend this to my rhinoplasty patients as well, as do most of the rhinoplasty surgeons I know), then you can rest assured you are not doing harm, no matter what drugs.com says.And of course you can share these concerns with your surgeon, who should be able to provide you the reassurance you need.Best wishes!  Harry V. Wright MD, Sarasota, Florida

Mark Loury, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

The suture's should still be OK. Peroxide can delay healing.  Would suggest using saline instead. I don't think you caused any lasting damage

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