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[laurajlucy]

I am nearly 4 weeks post-op and my wounds are healing really well. The scabs have all fallen off and they look neat BUT one of them has what I thought was a piece of hard skin, hanging off. Yet when I went to pull it off, it grew!! Now, after a closer look, it seems more like a piece of string and if I give it a gentle pull, it is as if it's attatched internally!
Any ideas??? xx

 

[TurtleGal]

Is it maybe a piece of an internal stitch that is sticking out or something? I'd try not to tug on it too much...

 

[Miss Tickle]

No-but leave it alone !!!!

 

[joffy01582]

if you have a walk in centre near you go there and get it snipped off and stop picking it

 

[lyndajoan]

kellie it does sound like an internal desolving stiych, i am not or claim to be a doctor , but i would get intouch with your team,or as joffy says go to your local walk in center. good luck with that, and i know its hard to stop checking but leave well alone hunny.x

 

[laurajlucy]

Thanks all. Does not help that I am a natural 'picker'! Have stuck a dressing on it till I go docs on Tuesday. Out of sight, out of mind as they say! xx

 

[suzie290304]

Yep I had this when I was cut having my daughter, just internal stitches that have started coming out of your body mine were doing this for 6 months (thought they were dissolving me thinks not ) don't pull it, harder said then done, just show them to doctor when you are there. Just keep them covered for infections x

 

[laurajlucy]

Looks weird coz it has frayed now! Am literally fit to burst at the seems haha! x

 

[Staffiemum]

Hi Laura, Ive had exactly the same. Went and got it checked out by my team and they werent overly concerned and told me that dissolvable stitches can take between 6 - 12 weeks to dissolve. Within a week of getting it checked (4 weeks post op) it had disappeared. My incision sites are looking great all healed and with just a tiny little bit of scab left to drop off!!!

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

Its not your vest unravelling, is it Kellie, lol?
An internal stitch is the most likely ... I would clip it off so it is not catching on things & just leave it to heal naturally. mwah xxx