Suture Removal. Any Benefit To Leaving Them In Longer Than Necessary?

[joko]

I recently had surgery on my nose, and now have 3 little stitches in the little piece of skin between my nostrils

when i went back to the hospital, the doc said to get the stitches out at a local gp or walk in on tuesday (today) - which will be 11 days after the surgery.

but i just wondered if there is any benefit to leaving them a bit longer?

they are not sore, not bothering me, and i have no plans to go out anywhere for a good few days at least.

or should i do it asap?

i looked online and it said the average time for face is only 3-5 days, or 7-10 for scalp - but then also said they might put adhesive tape or something on anyway.

my friend is a nurse so i was just going to ask her to do it, save having to go to the docs etc - but obviously she wont have anything else to put on it.
does it need to have something put on it?

thanks for any advice

[Jackdaw33]

Get them out asap. The flesh heals around them and they become very painful to remove. I know, I had this problem last year when I had stitches in my foot then covered with a plaster. Ten weeks later, when the plaster was removed, it took two nurses three quarters of an hour to remove the stitches and boy, was it painful.

[waterboatman]

Yes, get them taken out as soon as possible. They have done their job and there is no point in keeping them in. As jack says, it will hurt if they are left in too long. The doc knows what he/she is talking about. What makes you think you know better?

[Sqad]

No big deal, no harm will be done in leaving them a bit longer ..say a week.
You could take them out yourself, the nurse certainly could and no, no dressing will be required.

[joko]

thanks all

and waterboatman -" What makes you think you know better?" - are you kidding me? did you actually read what i wrote?

[Old_Geezer]

Just put some jewellery in it and you'll look hip and down with the young generation.