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Re: stitches

Written by mark at 03 Feb 2004 19:05:21:

As an answer to: stitches written by J.D. at 03 Feb 2004 06:01:27:

>well... it's day 10 after my circumcision. one of the stitches has come completely loose on the underside of my penis, and it looks like i could pull the skin apart if i tried. i'm a little worried i guess... but it doesn't seem like anything too serious. there's no bleeding, but the rest of the incision wound is pretty much healed up by now. is this normal? or should i make an appointment with my urologist asap?
>thanks

I would not worry. Ten days is a normal time for stitches to disolve. You healing sounds very normal to me. (been there, done that) You could also consider removing the remaing stitches at this time to avoid stitch tunnels.

mark


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