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- May 26, 2004
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I cut my chin open a week ago at hangtown and had to get my chin stiched up its been 6 days know and im wondering if its ok to take them out myself. I did it once when they didn't see two.
KiwiBird said:Not that I've ever done it or anything but to correctly remove the stiches you should sterilize anything you use and then pull the stich out of your skin and cut where it has been under the skin and then pull that part back through the skin.
The point of this is to NOT pull any part of the stich that has been outside back through the skin so as to minimize any chance of infection.
Of course what I really meant to say was "You should only have a licensed physician do any work on your body BLAH BLAH BLAH"
motohead00 said:I guess I should have said also that the way mine were each time, I just snipped them down the middle and pulled out the two halves so none of what had been exposed to the elements and such passed through underneath my skin. I never really thought about how I did it but what Kiwi said makes sense and maybe without even thinking I did something right so as not to expose myself to any undue risks.
ay2000rm125 said:if you do it yourself just be clean about it and what not. you should be fine.
You could always burn them out with a bic lighter :joke:YZ165 said:So using the dikes and needlenoze plires I found laying in a puddle of anti-freeze on the shop floor is a bad idea? :laugh:
crazywaynz said:have fun
I just did that but after the frst one I pulled I sprayed the dikes and pliers with bacteen. :cool:YZ165 said:So using the dikes and needlenoze plires I found laying in a puddle of anti-freeze on the shop floor is a bad idea? :laugh:
crazywaynz said:have fun