How long until stitches dissolve?

[Guest guest]

It will be four weeks post op for me on wednesday and i still have

all of my stitches in my mouth. They hurt when i move my mouth a

certain way and when i brush. I do a salt water rinse three times a

day and nothing seems to help them go away. I go back to the OS

friday. Should i ask him to take them out for me since they are

starting to bother me?

[Guest guest]

My stitches were not the dissolving type - they had to be removed by

the OS. He took them out a few at a time over a couple weeks' time

but they were all gone by week 4.

I would definitely ask to have them removed if they were supposed to

be dissolved by now.

Jay

> It will be four weeks post op for me on wednesday and i still have

> all of my stitches in my mouth. They hurt when i move my mouth a

> certain way and when i brush. I do a salt water rinse three times

a

> day and nothing seems to help them go away. I go back to the OS

> friday. Should i ask him to take them out for me since they are

> starting to bother me?

[Guest guest]

--I was told the stitchs would take 2 to 4 weeks to dissolve. Ask

your OS if the stitches need to be removed or if they are

dissolvable. Good luck!!

In orthognathicsurgerysupport , " "

wrote:

> It will be four weeks post op for me on wednesday and i still have

> all of my stitches in my mouth. They hurt when i move my mouth a

> certain way and when i brush. I do a salt water rinse three times

a

> day and nothing seems to help them go away. I go back to the OS

> friday. Should i ask him to take them out for me since they are

> starting to bother me?

[Guest guest]

Tomorrow I will be 5 weeks post op and on Monday morning, to my

surprise, I felt something with my toungue and pulled out a knot

with a long stitch attatched. I had thought they all came out but I

guess not. Yes your OS will take them out. No worries.-- In

orthognathicsurgerysupport , " "

wrote:

> It will be four weeks post op for me on wednesday and i still have

> all of my stitches in my mouth. They hurt when i move my mouth a

> certain way and when i brush. I do a salt water rinse three times

a

> day and nothing seems to help them go away. I go back to the OS

> friday. Should i ask him to take them out for me since they are

> starting to bother me?