“a suture is the type of binding or stitch that doctors , and especially surgeons, use to hold skin, internal organs, blood vessels and all other tissues of the human body together, after they have been severed by injury or surgery. They must be strong so they do not break, non-toxic and hypoallergenic to avoid adverse reactions in the body, and flexible so they can be tied and knotted easily. In addition, they must lack the so called "wick effect", which means that sutures must not allow fluids to penetrate the body through them from outside, which could easily cause infections

Whilst some sutures are intended to be permanent, and others in specialized cases may be kept in place for an extended period of many weeks, as a rule sutures are a short term device to allow healing of a trauma or wound.

    "Different parts of the body heal at different intervals. Common time to remove stitches will vary...”

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XAVIER CORBERÓ photographed at Corberó Privat -  Barcelona08