Does having stitches removed hurt?

[Deleted User] · 09/06/12 - 00:01

I had surgery on my ankle a 9 days ago, I have a dressing and apparently stitches which I am having removed on Thursday. I've had many operations but they've always used dissolvable stitches. So does it hurt having ordinary stitches removed?

stargazer61 · 09/06/12 - 00:05

msmasood wrote: »

I had surgery on my ankle a 9 days ago, I have a dressing and apparently stitches which I am having removed on Thursday. I've had many operations but they've always used dissolvable stitches. So does it hurt having ordinary stitches removed?

No.....apart from a little tugging sensation

[Deleted User] · 09/06/12 - 00:36

Agree with the above. If you have any pain, ask them to put a saline soak on for a couple of minutes to release any congealed blood around them and they should come out pain free. Or have a bath just before going

missyalicia · 09/06/12 - 00:41

It just feels like tugging. I was told to take a big breath and they pulled one out as I took the breath. It was quick and not uncomfortable.

misha06 · 09/06/12 - 01:24

Nope, not a bit.

Have had stitches removed from my forehead (twice) and my hand. Total of 30 in all.

Didn't hurt a bit.

Mustabuster · 09/06/12 - 09:09

No worse than squeezing a spot.

Nigel Goodwin · 09/06/12 - 09:27

I would agree, it doesn't hurt - I've had plenty over the years (but none recently).

dollymarie · 09/06/12 - 09:38

It does feel weird, but doesn't hurt too much (mine were on my stomach where I'd had abdominal surgery, so was still a bit tender)

shmisk · 09/06/12 - 10:16

It feels a bit like squeezing a spot- not pleasant but a relief
The only pain comes if a scab gets dislodged- however due to the trauma of surgery the skin surrounding the incision has a degree of numbness.
You will be fine.

[Deleted User] · 10/06/12 - 01:53

Thank you all! I think I'll take a couple of painkillers before, bit of a whimp!

alr837 · 10/06/12 - 15:57

I must have been unlucky, I found it total and utter agony! I had over 60 removed from either side of my ankle 3 weeks post surgery, and despite the codeine tablets I was taking at the time, I almost kicked the very lovely dr! As it was I having them taken out at home due to various reasons, and the dr was a close family friend, but I never want to go through that again! After the first handful I couldn't stand it anymore, and landed up having several medicinal large vodkas to help take the edge off it
Never understood how it hurt so much, especially given I have virtually no feeling where the scars are!

.Lauren. · 10/06/12 - 15:59

I had stsitches on my ankle a few years back. They don't hurt at all being removed, more of a tugging sensation.

Syntax Error · 10/06/12 - 16:16

msmasood wrote: »

I had surgery on my ankle a 9 days ago, I have a dressing and apparently stitches which I am having removed on Thursday. I've had many operations but they've always used dissolvable stitches. So does it hurt having ordinary stitches removed?

It depends on your pain threshold.

I remove surgical wound clips & sutures on a regular basis & some patients will scream as if they're being murdered; some will wince a little & others you won't hear a peep from.

I can't understand those that scream as if they're being forced to listen to Cheryl Cole singing live, because I can't imagine that it would be that painful, but everyone is different & has different thresholds

[Deleted User] · 10/06/12 - 21:09

It didn't hurt me, I could just feel my skin being tugged - this is coming from someone who thinks injections and having blood taken is painful.

sadoldbird · 10/06/12 - 21:12

msmasood wrote: »

I had surgery on my ankle a 9 days ago, I have a dressing and apparently stitches which I am having removed on Thursday. I've had many operations but they've always used dissolvable stitches. So does it hurt having ordinary stitches removed?

As everyone else has said, it's just a tugging sensation.

But I'm really curious to know. What would you have done if everyone had said it's f*****g agony?

[Deleted User] · 10/06/12 - 22:22

I have had many operations and some major ones that have been around 12hours. I've also had rods in my spine and was out of hospital two days later. But I've always had dissovable stitches so never experienced having them taken out. Despite all the ops, I hate any minor procedures and seem to be worse with them.
If everyone said it was agony I'd of taken my boyfriend with me and made sure he was feeling my pain too

pugamo · 10/06/12 - 22:29

Ben P wrote: »

It didn't hurt me, I could just feel my skin being tugged - this is coming from someone who thinks injections and having blood taken is painful.

It bloody is painful

Hope you get on well with your stitches OP. I'm sure it won't hurt as much as whatever caused you to have the operation in the first place.

[Deleted User] · 14/06/12 - 10:18

Had stitches removed! Its more painful having my eyebrows plucked

but thank you all!!

Nigel Goodwin · 14/06/12 - 10:44

msmasood wrote: »

Had stitches removed! Its more painful having my eyebrows plucked but thank you all!!

If you'd mentioned you have your eyebrows plucked we could have told you that

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