Catgut.

How is it 5:51pm already? There's only 1.5 days of the weekend left!

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Got my bandages taken off 5 days ago. What a huge relief! The dissolvable stitches are still in but it looks like the scarring will be minimal. The doctor announced that I look great and that they look natural (well I guess he'd have to say that but it made me grin anyway), did a check, told me they're healing perfectly and sent me on my way.

For the first time since the operation, I got up this morning without an intense pain in my left boob. The skin is starting to look less taut now. (So's my arse incidentally, I think I'll start hitting the gym again next week before I lose my boot completely.) Hee hee hee I can't wait to show them off!

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If you've ever wondered how dissolvable stitches (or, if you want to sound in-the-know, "absorbable sutures") work, apparently they're made of natural materials such as processed collagen derived from sheep intestines, silk, hair, and synthetic stuff that the body can naturally decompose. Sexy hey.