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I have had my mole removed and stitched back up with dissolvable stitches, when will they fall off?

user223Apr 18, 2016
I have had my mole removed and my scab has fell off when I knocked it but I have had disolvable stitches in that still haven't dissolved from around 2-3 weeks ago, now my scab has fell off and I don't know what to do.

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