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When i was 5 i had my scalp open a lil due to hitting my head on tub i got it sowed. is it possible after 15years i can see the sowing part?

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Dr. Emil Mondoa answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Possible: Suture is the name given to the thread used to stitch wounds. Some sutures are absorbed by the body. The are other kinds of sutures that are non absorbable. If a non-absorbable suture is missed, it can remain in the body for a very long time and then emerge.

Answered 6/14/2014

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