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Ripped stitch after circumcision HELP

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On the under side of my penis a stitch has broken šŸ˜³ it bled for about a minute, not much blood but still worrying. Thereā€™s a small gap between the 2 bits of skin no more than a centimetre wide, will it heal by itself???

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I should probably be a bit more specific as ā€œno more than a centimetreā€ isnā€™t really helpful. 2-3 millimetres would be a fair guess I think

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Don't panic mate. If it's just one stitch you shouldn't have any issue, especially with such a minor bleed.

It should close up by itself.

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Thank you šŸ˜… any chance youā€™d know if a normal bath would do any harm or not? Probably not but tbh Iā€™m shitting myself so taking every precaution

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I had salt baths almost daily from 48 hours post op.

I shouldn't imagine it will do any harm. Just be gentle and dry it thoroughly.

Salt will help it heal if you chuck a good couple of handfuls in your bath.

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Hmmm what kinda salt are we talking about? šŸ˜‚ Iā€™ve got salt to go on chips but thatā€™s about it and Iā€™m guessing itā€™s not that salt

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That's fine. I used table salt.

I used to put half a drum of table salt in each bath.

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Thank you

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jimfromcalif

Go back to the doctor to get it fixed.

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marktaoh

No worries mine did the same. Many stitches pulled out and it healed well where they did.

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