Originally Posted by Monticore:
75 stitches would be for like 30+ cm length wound , for mouth you might need inside and out maybe but it looked high on the cheek .
Awfully general statement there. It absolutely depends on the tissue being stitched (I've done more than my fair share of "sewing" on folks) but more often than not you make them a hell of a lot smaller and closer together on facial wounds to limit scarring. Some of it (especially if much of it were up on the forehead) may have also needed to be layered. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Old Dog:
Awfully general statement there. It absolutely depends on the tissue being stitched (I've done more than my fair share of "sewing" on folks) but more often than not you make them a hell of a lot smaller and closer together on facial wounds to limit scarring. Some of it (especially if much of it were up on the forehead) may have also needed to be layered.
It must have been multiple cuts , not a lot of skin on the forehead to have multiple layers , normally it’s what 2/3 stitches per cm let’s say you go to five that’s still a lot of area . [Reply]
Originally Posted by Monticore:
It must have been multiple cuts , not a lot of skin on the forehead to have multiple layers , normally it’s what 2/3 stitches per cm let’s say you go to five that’s still a lot of area .
Yes, it'd be a pretty good sized area. 5 1/2 per cm (or roughly one every 1/16") is what I'd suspect to see on a facial wound (or even closer). With that you'd be looking at roughly 4" (or just over 10cm) if you're only doing one layer.
I do agree with your thought that 75 seems like a fairly high number, but I guess in reality, we didn't get a great look at it. I'll add that until you're sewing, you don't really know the edges and such that might take "another one here or there". [Reply]
