6 weeks post op of Breast Lift, are dissolvable stitches supposed to be tender and painful when they are dissolving?

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Are dissolvable stitches used In a breast lift 6 weeks post op supposed to be tender and painful when they are dissolving? I have also had many stitches spit out of already healed skin. Is there a chance that my body won't dissolve them and want to spit them all out?

Earl Stephenson, Jr., MD, DDS, MBA · Answer

Dissolvable stitches usually go away without too many issues. Occasionally there are one or two stitches that will surface and need to be removed. If you're having more than this thing you may even have a slight problem with the type of stitch or the stitches may have been placed too close to the surface of the skin. All that can be done for painful areas would be a mild analgesics and removal of irritating stitches has a surface.

Luis Lopez Tallaj, MD · Answer

Usually the absorbable sutures, depending on the component or ingredient will absorb faste than the otherm but the scar will pass for some maturity periods or stages, this period will last 18 months to gomcompletely back to normality. You must be patiente because this is a normal sensation.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Dissolvable sutures can "spit" out from the incision. Best to see your surgeon to make sure everything is healing ok.

Stephen W. Gordon, MD · Answer

Yes. Dissolvable stitches can spit, be tender, and cause pain even though the skin has healed. There are a number of reasons for this including the actual type of suture used (braided suture is more prone to spit than monofilament), cleanliness of the skin at the time of surgery, patient allergy to the suture or the molecules produced as the suture dissolves, and the length of time required for a given suture to be absorbed.   Your surgeon has carefully chosen the suture he or she uses based on their personal experience. No surgeon wants to see his patient go through any unnecessary drama. and the fact that a patient spits dissolvable suture in no way means the surgeon did anything wrong. It is a situation that will eventually get better.

Brooke R. Seckel, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

It is common to spit dissolvable sutures after a breast lift.  On occasion they can be red and even form a small Whitehead before spitting.However if you are having significant tenderness and redness you should see your plastic surgeon for assistance at removal.  It is unlikely that all of the sutures will spit as usually it is only the ones closest to the skin.

6 weeks post op of Breast Lift, are dissolvable stitches supposed to be tender and painful when they are dissolving?

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