I recently had surgery to remove a pilonidal cyst I developed about a year and half ago. The cyst would flair up every couple months resulting in extreme pain and then, as the pain peaked, the cyst would rupture, drain, and disappear leaving only a small red scab. At first I ignored the cyst and assumed it would disappear by itself after rupturing. Unfortunately, the cyst flared up again like clockwork every couple months and drained itself each time. Finally, the cyst flared up again and I finally went to my family doctor for a remedy. He referred me to a surgeon who suggested surgical removal. During the surgery, he removed the cyst while I was under general anesthesia. After the surgery I had mild pain for two weeks followed by little to no pain during the third week. The same week I saw my surgeon for a check up and told him I was not feeling any pain. He said this was fantastic and suggested we remove my stitches. I agreed. He then proceeded to carry out the most painful removal of stitches I had ever experienced! It was excruciating! Throughout the process I yelped, screamed, and squirmed. Afterwards, I had mild soreness, pain, and bleeding for about a day before the pain completely subsided again and I felt 100%. Today my wife asked to examine my wound to make sure it was healing and was shocked to see a lone stitch sticking straight out of the edge of the wound. She took a picture and showed me. There is a blue stitch sticking out of the edge of my wound site, the wound site appears surprisingly red and open, and, worst of all, there is what appears to be a small white object no thicker than a rubberband and no bigger than 2-3 cm curled in my wound site. It appears that it could just be another stitch, but when we looked at the wound immediately after surgery all the stitches were dark blue. Is this an object he used to close the wound, drain the wound, or promote healing in the wound site OR did I somehow become infected with some kind of worm or parasite?!? PLEASE HELP!!!
Thanks for asking in Chat Doctor forum In short: Stitch abscess/infection can occur if left Explanation: Visit your doctor for followup, instead of measuring the stitch. He will prescribe you antibiotics for infection and remove stitch if present as you say. All the best.