A member asked:

My daughter had "dissolvable " sutures in her eyebrow approx 3 weeks ago. the wound is healed but the sutures have not dissolved , can i cut the ends?

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Yes: You can cut the ends but why not just grasp them with some type of tweezer and pull them out. You have to grab them with a tweezer to effectively cut them anyway and after three weeks, they have done their job.

Answered 11/20/2015

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Dr. Jeffrey Clemens answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Yes: A facial wound is pretty quick to heal, a week or two. If it is healed it would be safe to cut the ends. Absorbable suture can take months to disappear depending on what was used.

Answered 2/3/2018

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