The body cannot absorb these materials, so a person will need a healthcare professional to remove the stitches once the wound has healed. How a doctor chooses to close a wound depends on the size ...

Some stitches are made of material that dissolves on its own. With this type, you don't have to go back to your doctor to remove the stitches. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Stitches in your ...

But one summer nearly a century ago, the good doctor ran afoul of the ... Robertson could not pay for their stitches, Sumner took the unusual course of REMOVING THE STITCHES.

and needed to have glands in her arms removed to ensure the cancer hadn't spread A former "sun worshipper," Murray was left with 77 stitches in her arm, but has been told by doctors there's no ...