Senior Member NEWHAIRPLEASE Posted June 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted June 13, 2011 I'm going to Dr Gabel in February of next year for surgery, well I live a very long way from Portland Oregon. I know Dr Gabel uses internal sutures to take the tension off the outside closure. My question is, if I have staples for the outside closure, can my wife just take them out at 10 days post op, or whenever Dr Gabel says? I cant imagine it being that difficult? Newhairplease!! Dr Rahal in January 19, 2012:) 4808 FUT grafts- 941 singles, 2809 doubles, 1031 triples, 27 quads My Hairloss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member biscuit Posted June 13, 2011 Senior Member Share Posted June 13, 2011 My wife took out my staples. It's not quite as simple as removing a staple from a piece of paper. There's usually hair tangled in and there's always the looming risk of damaging the closure. I did removal for a fellow HT patient after his wife had trouble with it. Turned out she was tightening them instead of loosening them. I had to resort to a wire cutter and needle-nose pliers on a couple of them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My HT Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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