Ok, the drain tubes are out. That hurt like a MF! I was about to see double when he pulled them. Asking me to put pressure on the gauze right after was icing on the cake.

Regarding the stiches and staples. There are dissolving stitches underneath, but externally they use staples for a week as well. I think they decide as they are closing up, because one of the residents said it depends on the patient. All I told them was to use the method they thought would result in the least amount of scarring.