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So... for a few weeks now the top of my scar has felt scabbed, or scratchy. I have put ointment on it, to no avail. It just hasn't felt like it is healing at all. My husband always said it was just dry skin. I though maybe the tags on my shirt were irritating the area. Well, tonight I couldn't help myself and I picked at it a little. It turns out that it is exposed stitches. (After picking, I ended up with what looked like clear fishing line in my fingers.) Upon closer inspection, my husband has confirmed that indeed I do have some sutures poking out the top of my scar.
He wants to pull them out with tweezers. He claims sometimes as your skin heals, it pushes out the sutures. I am worried if we try to pull them out, that it will sort of unravel, damage the sutures that are still underneath my skin, or pull more sutures to my skin's surface. I thought that it was something that would just work itself out on its own, but I have felt the sutures back there for weeks, so it doesn't really seem to doing anything on its own.
Is this normal?? Should my husband pull them out? Will this cause more scarring, and I should just leave them be? Is it something I should call my Dr. about? I am at a loss on this one.
Thanks!
He wants to pull them out with tweezers. He claims sometimes as your skin heals, it pushes out the sutures. I am worried if we try to pull them out, that it will sort of unravel, damage the sutures that are still underneath my skin, or pull more sutures to my skin's surface. I thought that it was something that would just work itself out on its own, but I have felt the sutures back there for weeks, so it doesn't really seem to doing anything on its own.
Is this normal?? Should my husband pull them out? Will this cause more scarring, and I should just leave them be? Is it something I should call my Dr. about? I am at a loss on this one.
Thanks!
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