hi if the wound now looks as though its healed up nicely he should be able to take his own stitch's out he just needs a scalpel blade a pair of tweezers he just cuts each stitch ones at a time and slowly pulls them out then wash with warm sea salt water could do it a couple of times a day for a couple of days this will help clean and heal the stitch marks. good luck
do stitches need to stay in longer if a cut gets infected? . my son in law doesn't have insurance and cut his forearm with hedge trimmers. he went to the er to get stitches. they stitched him up and gave him a tetness shot. they told him to see his doctor in 10 days to get the stitches removed. a few days later he had to go back to get an antibiotic. do the stitches need to stay in longer. he does not want to go somewhere to get them removed if they have to stay in longer. he doesn't want to have two more additional medical bills. thank you!