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During surgery, wounds are closed by sewing the skin together with dissolvable sutures or stitches for healing. Some are placed under the skin, while a top layer of stitches is also used to close the incision. The deep sutures are primarily dissolving ones. Your surgeon may only use dissolvable sutures or combine them with permanent sutures, depending on the procedure. The dissolvable sutures tend to be clear or white in color.