Who removed your FUT stitches?

[hairyharry]

If you had an FUT and the surgeon was out of town, where did you go to get your stitches removed?
My surgeon is a few hours away so probably not worth the drive just to have my stitches removed.

I called my dermatologist to see if she would do it but her assistant said if it was a HT she would not remove the stitches.
I don't understand the reasoning but anyway, I'm wondering where to go for this. Primary care physician/Urgent care, other?
Any suggestions?

[AlexMeister21]

I got mine removed at MinuteClinic at CVS, but they didn't really know what they were doing and charged like $100 for it, unless your insurance covers it. 

[_lshy]

I had my surgery with Dr Path in Thailand, he gave me a note to take back to Australia with me which described how to remove the stitches.

I got my GP to remove the stitches and it all worked out. It was free for me, but bare in mind that Australia has free healthcare

[AB2000]

By this man?

[FUT4000]

On 5/7/2022 at 5:25 PM, hairyharry said:

If you had an FUT and the surgeon was out of town, where did you go to get your stitches removed?
My surgeon is a few hours away so probably not worth the drive just to have my stitches removed.

I called my dermatologist to see if she would do it but her assistant said if it was a HT she would not remove the stitches.
I don't understand the reasoning but anyway, I'm wondering where to go for this. Primary care physician/Urgent care, other?
Any suggestions?

Its absolutely crazy how a dermatologist, a practicing physician, wouldn't do that for you. It's well within their scope of practice to remove sutures but whatever it's their office. I had mine removed by the tech at the clinic I had the HT done at. 

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

Hairyhairy,

In my experience, your primary care physician should be able to remove your stitches. If for some reason He or she can’t, I’m sure they can give you a referral to someone local who can. But I haven’t had any problems getting my primary care physician to do it.

Of course, my physician used staples for my third and fourth hair transplant so I was able to remove those myself with some minor assistance.

Worst case scenario, you could check to see if there is any hair transplant doctors/clinics or plastic surgeons local to you who could at least remove your sutures. They may charge a fee since you are not a patient there but it would be better than nothing.

I hope this helps 

Rahal Hair Transplant

Edited May 9, 2022 by Rahal Hair Transplant