C Section Stitches Not Dissolving

Just keep it clean and pat it dry don t rub it. 16 posts add message report. It s easy to forget about your internal wound when all you can see is the exterior.

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Just as a wound caused by a splinter may hurt but heal after a few days so does the body dissolve this kind of stitch.

C section stitches not dissolving. Stitches that don t dissolve are usually made from nylon or silk. I have the end of one stitch sticking out one end of my scar which won t allow about 1 2 cm of scar to heal and a pretty fearsome knot the other end which has worked its way out frm unde the skin as it was buried before and has a nice hole around it which wont heal. C section nearly 7 weeks ago and stitches not dissolved driving me mad.

Healing from a c section doesn t stop when you leave the hospital. Some silk stitches are dissolvable although most aren t. Assuming the doctor used a vicryl suture which most doctors use.

C section stitches not dissolving. I just had my daughter on the 28th and this is my second c section my first i had dissolvable stitches. They typically use nonabsorbable stitches.

Healthcare professionals often prefer nonabsorbable stitches to dissolvable stitches because they are very strong and the body will not break them down. You have many weeks of recovery ahead because you have internal stitches after a c section that needs to dissolve along with your external incision. I had my section nearly a month ago and my stitches are still 100 intact.

Dissolvable stitches are made from materials such as purified catgut collagen and cow intestines. I spoke to my doctor at the 6 week check and he said as long as it s not hurting although it can be irritating or rub the skin over it i had a big overhang then it s fine. Hospitals found that women who had c sections with dissolvable stitches had a 57 percent decrease in wound complications over women who had.

The reason why dissolvable stitches work is because they re made from materials that the body s immune system can break down. Sometimes the body pushes them out rather then dissolve them. I had similar at about 5 weeks post c section.