Cleaning wound 48 hours after Mohs Surgery? Dissolvable stitches?

Moh’s surgery on the face often requires surgical repair and reconstruction to reapproximate the skin edges. Flaps or direct closure techniques are used. It is important that you optimize scar healing during this phase in order to reduce longterm scars. For red scars, we use Vbeam laser, followed by fractional laser for scar topography and contour. We recommend Plato’s Scar Serum twice daily for the immediate postoperative period. Fractional laser is safe for scar laser therapy.
There are treatments for swelling and edema of the scars. If there is residual sutures or edema, we advise you to follow a scar treatment protocol that can minimize the time to recovery. Our office specializes in scar revisions for Moh’s surgery.
Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

I can to tell you why the surgeon chose the sutures but everyone as their own likes and dislikes. There are so many choices and none are wrong. As far as care you should do what your surgeon says. I let patients decide if they want to cover it or not and it totally depends on where hit is. For example I just closed one on the scalp. Impossible to really cover it so I am having him just wash it and place ointment a couple times a day. It never hurts to cover a wound so if you can cover it go for it. But, every case is so different and I do not really know your situation so you need to ask your surgeon these questions. There are often times special cases that require specific instructions.