Stitches

(Closing a laceration, or cut, to the skin)

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Stitches, or sutures, close cuts or wounds. Absorbable sutures slowly dissolve and do not need to be removed. Nonabsorbable sutures are removed once the wound has healed.

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Rating
4
Pain
Pain is 2 of 10
Inconvenience
Inconvenience is 6 of 10

0 = not bad, 10 = bad

The worst part of it will probably be waiting a long time in the emergency room or doctor’s office.

 

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Stitches

He numbed my knee (“you’re going to feel a slight ‘pinch’ here” which is usually the 2nd biggest lie in the world), and set about with his needle and heavy-duty thread. Read More

David, male, 40, Pennsylvania

 

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