just had mine removed! I have a question about stitches though....

I had mine removed the morning of Fri Dec 1st. It was the second one I've had, though I don't remember much about the first since it was 5 years ago. Anyway, my stitches fell out on Sunday afternoon! Today, upon close inspection it seems he may have missed some, though some posts on here lead me to believe that it may be scar tissue. Guess I'll wait and see.

The one thing that's sort of bothering me is that I have some redness that seems like bruising on my skin on the outside of where my muococele was. I hope it's just bruising, I just noticed it today (5 days later) though I generally don't shave often so it's hard to see colors on my face sometimes.

thanks for your response! it's always reassuring to hear other people's stories. it's been two days since my surgery and my stitches seem to loosening at the top, but i still feel some tightening when i talk and eat. it almost feels like the stitches are getting snagged. it's so annoying.

my lip is sorer today than yesterday for some reason too. i keep doing salt water rinses as was suggested by my doctor and that has kept my lip from swelling or bruising. at least i think that's what's helping. i didn't have any bruising on the outside of my lip but i do have some like dark red areas on the inside that look like bruises. i also think i have some scar tissue forming towards the top of my lip. it's like a hardish white bump but i'm still not sure because it's right by one of my stitches and i'm still a little swollen. i hope that isn't permanenet. i hear that messaging scar tissue might help. do stitches fall out on their own once the area has healed or do they stay in regardless? im totally sick of mine. they have been the worst part of this whole process for me so far!!

Jb and fimbulvtr, I have a question... I think I might have one of these things in a spot where I bite my lower lip. I have a question for you guys...was yours inside of the red part of your lip??? That is where mine is and it is like making my lips uneven and wierd lookng. Does that sound like something that could be a mucocele??? Also, to fimbulvtr, since you had one removed a long time ago, does it leave any scars or signs of having it removed??? I hope you guys feel much better soon, I hope that isn't permanent, too jb, I will keep my fingers crossed for you. I hope things have gotten better for you both :)

Just had mine removed by my dentist this evening, as well. Have 3-4 stitches, one actually came out while I was eating dinner. It's not sore at all (though I have almost 1000mg of ibuprophin in my system!!! ...but back to the stitch... I'm hoping that's not a huge deal. He said that I'll want to "play with them with my tongue" and that that's fine... well, that's what I did, and one came out. He also said "they'll come out on their own soon." -So, I'm not going to fret.

Should I be worried? Will it not heal right? Or just not as quickly?

My mucocele was almost 2cm when removed, HUGE! Dentist did a great job (well, six hours later, so far)

I'll keep you posted.

Chris

Not even a day has passed and your stitches have fallen out? I would definitley call up your doctor and ask.

Like kadavy said, I would call your doctor about those stitches falling out the same day. Mine took about a week to fall out, which I thought was really early for it to happen, but that was alright.

mine have all fallen out and its been what, 16 hours>?

That's not right. The stitches should not fall out until the wound is healed enough to cope on its own. After such a short time the would will still be open. I'd call and get it checked out.