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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Super Glue is risky because you can close the outside and seal in a bubble. I had cyst surgery where they wouldn't sew it up for that reason. Had to force ointment coated gauze into the incision (3 times a day) so it would heal from the inside out.
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I've had at least two procedures where they did "inside" stitches with dissolvable material (one guy called them catgut stitches, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually made of catgut) to get around this. They stitched the bottom of the gash together, then another layer higher up, then finally closed the top of the wound.