Once he hit the point, he was out.
A long suture that should have broken long ago and been absorbed by the body. And it wasn't the only one. He gradually removed eight in total.
They had developed over the years.
The video has been viewed 14 million times and there are hundreds of similar stories in the comments.
The story spread quickly. People began sharing their own experiences.
“After bowel surgery eight months later, they removed a suture straight from my abdomen: it was 217mm long and I still have it in a box,” one user wrote.
Another woman wrote:
