Stitches are still in 17 days after circumcision

[Sammyjo9]

Majority of my stitches are still in when should I call the doctors to let them know? My incision line is just below the head and when I try to move foreskin back to clean the area it looks like it’s stitched shut. Shouldn't I be able to move it abit further down my shaft since I have a cut closer to my head ?

[Hidden]

You cannot move it any further than the stitching will allow. It sounds as if your surgeon has removed all your inner foreskin.

[Sammyjo9 in reply to Hidden]

Oh ok, there’s a hard line/lump just below stitches is this likely due to swelling? It goes around the front of my shaft and towards to back on one side

[Hidden in reply to Sammyjo9]

It may just be temporary swelling or be part of the forming scar

[fezo]

About the stitches the time of them to loosen and fall vary from one person to another this depends on the suture material, for me (chromic catgut was used)am behind u in healing but got 2/3 of my stitches fallen out with the routine cleaning.