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After i get stitches, is it ok to eat pork, or do i need to watch what i eat?
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Food and Medicine: There would be no food restrictions when you are healing with stitches.
Answered 3/12/2017
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Very safe!!: There are multiple types and places of stitches. Silk, nylon, prolene, Vicryl, and many absorbables. Where are the stitches, that is relevant also.
Answered 6/10/2018
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