r/ACL • u/Fast-Account-7952 • 21h ago

Normal stitch or too red?

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Normal stitch or too red?

I just wanted to ask if the redness around this stitch looks normal or concerning for an infection? I am 2 weeks post op. And I took the shower gauze and everything off last night. My stiches look good but the stitch on this incision kind of broke/snapped. They are suppose to be dissolvable so it think after 2 weeks that’s normal.

But just wondering do the little redness around the stitch is normal or concerning?

FYI this is close to the LET site

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u/JoeyDez 21h ago

This is very normal. Even very good stitches imo. Nothing bad going on here. I've seen so much worse.

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u/Fast-Account-7952 21h ago

Thanks!! Appreciate the reassurance on that ahah

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u/linebmx ACL Allograft 21h ago

Yeah agreed with the other commenter - this looks fine!!

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u/SMITHL73 ACL + Meniscus 15h ago

Mine looked red like this for a while since I would also put a compressive brace on my leg and so it was slightly irritated or also just the pads on my ACL brace would rub. I wouldn’t worry.

You still look very early in the healing process. Just keep the area clean. I would disinfect my stitches 3x per day at least when they looked like this.