Skin Suture and Stitches Removal in Los Angeles
Top Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles performs suture/stitch removal. Same-Day appointments available for patients who have received sutures outside of the country or who need woundcare evaluation after skin trauma or emergency repair. Stitch removal can be followed by a protocol-based scar care regimen that may include lasers, topical skincare, depigmentation programs for discolored scars, and scar modulation.
About Us:
Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian is a double board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Kare Plastic Surgery & Skin Health Center, a dedicated and top-rated cosmetic surgery center in Santa Monica. He is the founder of Stitch Doctor Los Angeles, a 24-hour emergency care service dedicated to providing emergency suture repair for lacerations in children and adults. Our team is available for emergency lacerations and skin trauma in the Los Angeles area. We dedicate ourselves to the highest level of suture repair and our surgical director maintains active privileges at Providence St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica.
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Wound care follow-up
- Suture Removal by a Healthcare Professional
- Burn Care
- Emergency laceration repair
- Wound Debridement
- Drain Removal
Our Los Angeles plastic surgery center understands that critical aspects of wound care and stitch removal in patients who have undergone surgery elsewhere and are now in need of a dedicated surgeon to remove stitches. Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian is a double board certified plastic surgeon and an expert in woundcare management, scar evaluation and treatment, plastic surgery, soft tissue reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery.
Normally, sutures can be removed from the skin once the skin has epithelialized and the skin has healed over. There are fundamental nuances in suture removal timing that depend on the type of surgery, type of wound closure technique, tension, and risk of scarring. Our dedicated plastic surgeon can evaluate your wound and determine whether the sutures should be removed. Sutures can be made of different materials including Prolene, Vicryl, Ethibond, Nylon, and PDO PDS thread.
Our cosmetic surgery center focuses on scar mitigation techniques that include laser therapy, Nanofractional RF, injection therapy, and scar modulation with Plato’s Scar Serum to help reduce scarring potential.
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Morpheus 8 scar RF
- Fractional CO2 laser
- Fractional RF
- Clear and Brilliant Laser
- Chemical peels
- Vbeam pulsed dye laser for scars
- Venus RF
- ResurfX erbium laser
- Thulium laser
- Cool laser for scars
If you have undergone plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, had a laceration repaired after an emergency and now need a physician to remove your sutures, our team of clinicians can help. Kare Plastic Surgery offers emergency and same-day appointments for suture removal in Los Angeles with a board certified plastic surgeon.
Is it OK if my sutures/stitches get wet? In most cases, plastic surgeons expect good hygeine as part of a patients postoperative woundcare. If you get the wound or the stitches wet, its imperative that the water is clean and flowing so as to reduce any bacterial contaminatio to an open wound. Showers with clean water are generally alright if the wound is water-tight. Ultimately, these are general rules and you should follow the advice of your treating surgeon where appropriate.
Please call (310) 998-5533 to schedule an appointment for suture removal in Los Angeles.