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Glue or staples?

Can anyone tell me which is better for a doctor to use to close incisions , glue or Staples? The doctor that I'm thinking about using uses Staples. He says that Staples hold better. He takes the drain and the staples out after the third day.

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    • Bufflehead
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      I'm glad my surgeon used glue -- I don't have any scars -- but if he had wanted to use staples, that would have been fine with me. The most important thing to me was surgical skill and care.

    • Miss Mac
      Miss Mac

      Scotch tape and Elmer's glue. (OK. steri strips, surgical bond and bandaids.)

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    I'm glad my surgeon used glue -- I don't have any scars -- but if he had wanted to use staples, that would have been fine with me. The most important thing to me was surgical skill and care.

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    Staples with dr Fernando Garcia and remove them day 3

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    Scotch tape and Elmer's glue. (OK. steri strips, surgical bond and bandaids.)

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    I had Steri strips and no drains. Healed beautifully.

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    I had the glue. I was great though for some reason I kept thinking I had stitches and was upset that I would have to go back to get them removed.

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    Duct tape fixes everything! :-P

    Dermabond is the best actually

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