When do stitches on nipples dissolve completely?

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Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Our office specializes in four basic techniques for nipple reduction and nipple surgery. Most sutures are removed within one week. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACS

Martin Jugenburg, MD · Answer

there are many different disolvable stitches with different dissolving times.  Some types dissolve after a few days, others take weeks, and some disolvable sutures take months.  Also there is the possibility that your sutures are permanent and need to be take out.  Speak to your surgeon.

Luis Macias, MD, FACS · Answer

It depends on if they are dissolvable or not dissolvable sutures (stiches) to begin with, as there are some that do not dissolve.  Among the types that dissolve, it depends on which type your surgeon used as there are some that dissolve after a couple days and others that can take 6 months.  Thus, it is best to ask your surgeon this question, since they know what suture they used.

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