Are these spitting stitches? (photos)

October 9, 2016
Asked By:alb20 in Dallas, TX

I'm almost 4 weeks post op breast lift/aug. From pictures I've seen, these look like spitting stitches but a lot of them. I have knots under the skin along incision and I can feel something that feels like a thick string connecting the knots. Is this really bad?What's going on??? Also my breast are still very sore.

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October 11, 2016

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