Post-Circumcision Concerns: Healing, Stitch Issues, and Normal Variations
Prepuce Hello Doctor: I have completed my circumcision surgery a month and a half ago, but I have noticed that the area where the stitches are seems to be fused with the penis, and there is a slight bulge at the stitch site that cannot be pulled apart. Is this normal? Additionall...
Dr. Huang Pinyao reply Urology
1. The typical circumcision procedure uses absorbable sutures made from catgut, which do not require removal after surgery. This type of suture gradually gets absorbed and broken down, causing the area where the foreskin was sutured to appear as if it is healing together with the...[Read More] Post-Circumcision Concerns: Healing, Stitch Issues, and Normal Variations