Incision question?? -

[Cknorte 7]

Out of 2 of my incisions I have what looks like fishing wire sticking out of the very end of my incision....it is maybe 1/16 of an inch...barely anything....sort of like a thorn...it feels like hard plastic fishing wire/string....

I am assuming this is some of the dissolvable suture coming up for air.....so....

I'm calling the surgeon's office tomorrow....but have any of you had that?

I don't know if I should clip or pluck out.....or maybe just leave alone and eventually it'll wear down.....

Any wisdom from out there is welcome!:scared0:

[brittu 42]

You can clip it, I've done that (I've had 6 abdominal surgeries). When they first appear they're still attached at the other end. If you'll try to pull on it you'll see what I mean. The nylon ones take longer to dissolve but will eventually pull out.The ones that are more string like seem to come out sooner.

[Cknorte 7]

Thanks....I'll clip them with some nail clipper so that they are flush with skin....

:scared0:

[Lori21769 14]

I had two ends clipped off by my surgeon. I still have one that is just barely poking, but enough so I notice it. It is not really long enough to clip.

[Eureka-C 20]

Good to know beforehand. That would scare me. Thanks for sharing this.

[possumtrot 2]

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

[eriadne 6]

I had one stitch sticking out like that for the longest time (at least a month out) on my lower right incision. I finally took some fingernail clippers to it and clipped it flush with my skin, because it was freaking me out how it was catching on my hand or shirt whenever I touched it.

After that I forgot about it and noticed that it healed over at some point. My surgeon noticed it at both my 2 week and 1 month appointment and wasn't concerned in the slightest. He said it'd go away eventually and not to worry about it. I just clipped it so it wouldn't bother me anymore!

[laylasmojo 10]

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

good thing you went with the sleeve rather then the band I cant immagin your body trying to spit out the bad OUCH!

[Cknorte 7]

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

So how will I know when they are pullable???? I am now going to consider myself a stitch spitter LOL!!!!