UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

HI, had ,y first out patients visit today. i had been looked at two weeks ago in the a&E and i was told every thing was a ok. then omnday i happened to be on placement with a cornea consultant , he had a look and said it looked like a good job BUT today the doctor told me that i had a loose sutre and she would have to remove it . when i asked her shuld they be loose alsready the doc said no it wasnt good that it was coming out this early ...........AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHA bit more info there doctor PLEASE.

has any one had a simailar experience with a sutre been taken out so early on in recovery???

thanks in advance guys

Hi Optom,
what kind of stitches did you have... single stitches or a continuous stitch or a combination? i had a combination and one my individual stitches also worked loose really early and was taken out. once it is loose it isn't working anyway and can cause a lot of irritation, so let them take it out... they will probably then see how the graft looks and decide whether they need to restitch.

Hi there. Please don't worry about having stitches removed early. I had a few taken out about six weeks after the graft but didn't want them to be removed. I was so careful with them but sometimes your graft just heals very quickly and they get loose by themselves! I was so sure that it was all wrong, but it all worked itself out and everything healed ok in the end.

Take care, love Claire X x X

Mine came loose early and were replaced