Out of 2 of my incisions I have what looks like fishing wire sticking out of the very end of my incision....it is maybe 1/16 of an inch...barely anything....sort of like a thorn...it feels like hard plastic fishing wire/string....

I am assuming this is some of the dissolvable suture coming up for air.....so....

I'm calling the surgeon's office tomorrow....but have any of you had that?

I don't know if I should clip or pluck out.....or maybe just leave alone and eventually it'll wear down.....

Any wisdom from out there is welcome!:scared0:

You can clip it, I've done that (I've had 6 abdominal surgeries). When they first appear they're still attached at the other end. If you'll try to pull on it you'll see what I mean. The nylon ones take longer to dissolve but will eventually pull out.The ones that are more string like seem to come out sooner.

Thanks....I'll clip them with some nail clipper so that they are flush with skin....

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I had two ends clipped off by my surgeon. I still have one that is just barely poking, but enough so I notice it. It is not really long enough to clip.

Good to know beforehand. That would scare me. Thanks for sharing this.

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

I had one stitch sticking out like that for the longest time (at least a month out) on my lower right incision. I finally took some fingernail clippers to it and clipped it flush with my skin, because it was freaking me out how it was catching on my hand or shirt whenever I touched it.

After that I forgot about it and noticed that it healed over at some point. My surgeon noticed it at both my 2 week and 1 month appointment and wasn't concerned in the slightest. He said it'd go away eventually and not to worry about it. I just clipped it so it wouldn't bother me anymore!

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

good thing you went with the sleeve rather then the band I cant immagin your body trying to spit out the bad OUCH!

lol, my name is possumtrot and I am a stich spitter. Perhaps you are too. Whenever I have to have internal stitches that are supposed to disolve, my body regards them as enemies and rejects them. I've given up being upset over it...it is what it is. I just clip them if they are uncomfortable or I wait until they are pullable. Only after they are out does my body really heal.

So how will I know when they are pullable???? I am now going to consider myself a stitch spitter LOL!!!!