How Long Until Plastic Surgery Stitches Dissolve?

Hello,

When dissolvable stitches are used on the eyelid skin, they typically and ideally dissolve around 7-10 days, as the eyelids heal rather quickly. Depending on how much they are exposed to water, rubbing and ointment, the time frame varies somewhat (more exposure, earlier they dissolve).
If the stitches are not yet dissolved by 7-10 days, it's best to remove them to avoid irritation or permanent marks on the skin.

Warm regards,

Dr. Pedy Ganchi
Village Plastic Surgery

Many people use non-dissolving sutures for eyelid surgery, that need to be removed 5-7 days later. If they are dissolving then they should fall out in 7-10 days - if they haven't return to your surgeon to have them removed

Sutures are either non-absorbable which means then need to be removed or absorbable which means your body breaks them down and they do not need to be removed.  For eyelid surgery I generally use non-absorbable sutures as these tend to cause less skin irritation, and remove them between 5-7 days depending on the treatment.  The length of time for adsorbable sutures to break down depends on the suture as there are different sizes and types of suture.  Generally, the suture a surgeon would use for an eyelid incision should dissolve within a week.  I would check in with your surgeon what suture was used.  If it does not dissolve in the appropriate time, the suture can be removed int he office.