Stiches and Swelling! PLease advise

[Pliskinii7]

HI All,

So happy I found this site, it really has given me a lot of help and reassurance.

I had a quick question. I was circumcized two weeks ago and the swelling is still pretty much the same. I called the hospital today because I was told the stitches would start to come out now but they havnet, when i called the lady said the stiches shouldnt be visible??? They are going to call me back but im pretty concencer something is wrong now. Any adivce would be great.

Cheers

[Hidden]

Doctors seem to underestimate how long it takes for stitches to be absorbed and drop off quite often. Mine went between three and five weeks, some guys get quoted ten days or two weeks and like you, quite rightly get concerned when there’s no progress in that timescale. I would wait and see.

I’d say it’s perfectly normal for stitches to be visible.

Regarding the swelling, the advice I had was to keep my member pointing upwards as much as possible so gravity would help any fluid drain and avoid swelling. Yours will subside in due course although it’s impossible to say how soon.

Hope this helps.

[Pliskinii7 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you so much for making me feel so much better. Hoenstly the NHS staff tend to make me so anxious! I asked them about bathing with salt and they told me not too so all i do is shower twice a day instead.

To be honest the swelling has reduced a little but its very slow from what I can tell. I had read that the swelling will come down as the stitches come out so Im hoping im doing everything right. I spen the day with him pointed up but sleep nude so not sure if thats the best option?

Really thank you so much for your response, made me feel much much better.

[GoodOLheart]

Start taking some vitamin C and zinc, should help speed up recovery sir.