• NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
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    5 days ago

    Heh, I had to have like 200 stitches removed from when I had my hand crushed and we got snowed in two appointments in a row so I just got scissors and tweezers and went to work.

    The best way was every other stitch you cut.

    Takes forever if you do them one at a time, but the draggy feeling just gets to be way too much if you go for three.

    Makes me shiver just thinking about 3.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      The doctor that did my surgery specializes in neck and head cancer. Because cancer sucks enough, he likes to leave no visible scar. I do not know how he does it but the net result is a scar with two tiny knots at each end. To remove, they cut the knots at each end and pull on one side. It leaves a hair thin line of discoloration rather than your typical Frankenstein thick scar with staples or stitch lines.