Plastic sticking out!

[Marissa424 1]

This Is Not Really Too Much Of A "complication" But I Do Have A Small Piece Of Plastic Sticking Out Of One Of My Incisions - I Tihnk It May Be A Stich Except Its Clear - Kinda Like One Of Those Plastic Things For Tags On Clothing. Anyone Heard/had This? Its Really Annoying Because It Catches Onto My Clothing And It Pulls Which Then Hurts, Oddly Enough My Incision Are Perfect - Thin And I Never Had Any Brusing At All.

[travelgirl 3]

Sounds to me like you need to call your doc and let him know what's going on. Don't try to get rid of it yourself, you might cause yourself more problems than it's worth.

Good luck!

[lady0027e 0]

I had this happen. It didn't show up for about 2 weeks after my surgery. It freaked me out. It was a piece of the dissovleable stiches. (is that spelled right...) Anyway, I ended up putting a band-aid over it until it just fell off one day while showering. I would still call my Doc and make sure that's what yours is.

[lianna 3]

I had one sticking out of each end of my largest incision. I dabbed some Neosporin on them and covered them with a little bandaid. They took about a week to fall off. To me it looked like fishing line, lol!

[purplemonkey 1]

Speaking of showering...how many days after the surgery before you can?

[Kat817 19]

I showered before I left the hospital---so it was the next day. Felt good too, I was covered in yellow goo!!! It remained sticky even after the surgery---finally wore itself off I guess!!!

Check with your Dr. some patients are glued, others stitched (me) and others stapled---I am sure the type of stitches, makes a difference, mine had to be removed---but we removed them here at home.

Simple question for your surgeon, or even the surgical nurse in the hospital.

Good Luck,

Kat

[MarySue33 0]

I snipped the part that was sticking out (but did not tug or pull on the rest of it) with sterilized cuticle scissors. I slapped some Vitamin E and a bandaid on it and it eventually disappeared.

[HelenC 0]

It is a stitch - I cut mine off.

To the person who needs a shower (smile), I was told to take one daily, immediately after surgery, just don't scrub the bandaids and steri-strips. No tub baths for a week.

[Dori 0]

I too had a stitch sticking out of two of my incisions. My nurse told me to use nail clippers to snip them off and I did without a problem.

[Marissa424 1]

yeah mine didnt show up until about a week ago- i think it is a stich too put im definatley too scare to take care of it myself - im gonna give the ma call - thanks everyone i love LBT it makes you feel so less lonely!

[Marimaru 7]

I had one too, I also just clipped mine and the rest eventually went away.