I had two breast tumors removed two weeks ago. Yesterday I noticed something coming out of them. ?

Question

It looked like fishing line. I had no stitches on the outside just internal stitches. I removed this stuff that was poking out with a tweezers. It literally looked like fishing line it was kind of long too.Before it took this stuff out my skin looking tight and wavy after I removed it it smoothed out and kind of filled in the indent. Should I be concerned?

Answer 1

Call your doctor now!  You need to find out if those stitches were supposed to come out this way.  It could be that the sutures fell out of place and were expected to but you need to know for sure.  Good luck!

Answer 2

Hello, fairley certain you have remove some of you internal sutures. I think you should call your surgeon for advice as your wound might open up and not heal correctly, or go to your emergency department and have someone reassess you. Its funny I said the same thing about the suture material, "look mom, there sewing you up with fishing tackle now".  It's is supossed to come out, and you probably have done nothing wrong.  It's always better to be safe, not sorry. I hope everything elso goes well for you.