Glue or staples?

[tkcan 9]

Can anyone tell me which is better for a doctor to use to close incisions , glue or Staples? The doctor that I'm thinking about using uses Staples. He says that Staples hold better. He takes the drain and the staples out after the third day.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I'm glad my surgeon used glue -- I don't have any scars -- but if he had wanted to use staples, that would have been fine with me. The most important thing to me was surgical skill and care.

[kiwi201000 40]

Staples with dr Fernando Garcia and remove them day 3

[Miss Mac 6,262]

Scotch tape and Elmer's glue. (OK. steri strips, surgical bond and bandaids.)

[liannatx 897]

I had Steri strips and no drains. Healed beautifully.

Edited October 5, 2015 by liannatx

[tkcan 9]

Thanks for the info!

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

I had the glue. I was great though for some reason I kept thinking I had stitches and was upset that I would have to go back to get them removed.

[Dream4tc 192]

Duct tape fixes everything! :-P

Dermabond is the best actually

[jnewbie 3]

Can i persuade a doc who is using staples to use glue??? I wonder