Day 16 - stitches out

Today it was time to take the stitches out. Usually removing stitches isn't that hard, 'cause it doesn't hurt although a lot of people are scared of this procedure. We were pretty calm before the nurse started, just being a bit afraid that the point might not hold it's shape. We thought, because one stitch grew out taking the other stitches out would be easy but this was definitely a false idea because touching the points as roughly as it's necessary for taking out the stitches isn't comfortable and the pain can't be compared to a "usual" removing of stitches. We were afraid that our ears could get damaged because the stitches were really tight and the nurse had problems to go under the stitch with her tools. So the whole procedure really hurt a lot... maybe as much as the stitching part during the pointing procedure. That's why we can't imagine that taking them out by yourself is as easy as everyone told.

Our ears look and feel angry right now:

                            as you can see the point is swollen again :/

 
After this pics we wraped new tape around our ears to support the fresh pointed shape.