Stitches

How long do you keep stitches in before they need to be removed?

I had a minor surgical procedure performed on my leg. I only have 4 stitches and he only went in about half an inch. My doctor didn't tell me when to come back to get them removed. Office is closed and just wanted to know

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1. Usually about 1 week.
2. normally one week to 10 days. Less in the face.
3. 10 days.
4. Five to seven days if they are not disoveable stitches, if they are disolveable they will fall out in a about a week or 2.
5. did he give you the ones that desolve by themselves? because with those you dont need to go back. also, they probaly will call you when its time
6. YEP, WHAT THEY SAID,,,week to 10 days unless specified by your Dr....
7. around 10 days or less depending on the injury
8. 4 to 7 days
9. When I had knee surgery they took out the stitches 6 days later. When I had stitches on my breast for Breast cancer they took them out in 1 week. For stitches on my thumb they took them out in a week. I would say it all depends if you are healing well.
10. I had two quite large operations in the last month. I never had the stitches taken out, and have no appointments to have it done. The material being used now ( at least most of the time ) deteorate and fall out all by themselves. If your doctor didn't give you a date for having the stitches out, you can be sure they're the ones that come out by themselves.
11. PL .ring the doctor instead of meddling yourself in medical arena.
12. depends where they are and what procedure was done to cause you to have stitches---usually around a week tho
13. Our dog got 12 stiches in his head about two weeks ago and the vet said to leave them in for 14 days... I took them out today...Not a big deal...He was a good boy.... He got a treat...
14. Depends entirely on your healing ability, your skin type and other factors, such as the amount of blood clotters in your blood. Ask yourself how long it take you cut to heal the last time you had one. That's about how long to remove stitches. You tell the doc when, not the other way around.
15. i've had major shoulder surgery on both shoulders now ,and usually anywhere from 6 to 10 days , depending upon how its healing ,mine have been taken out as early as 3 days though ,by my doctor, i would give your doctor a call ,to have him /her look at them though they usally don't charge you anything to remove the stitches