Surgical sutures that have not been absorbed for 5 months are normal if they are non-absorbable and can be removed if they are absorbable. Surgical sutures are categorized into absorbable and non-absorbable sutures, only absorbable sutures have the ability to be absorbed by the body over time. Patients with unabsorbable surgical sutures for 5 months are advised to contact their treating doctor in time to inquire about the type of surgical sutures they used and seek the doctor’s advice on how to handle the situation. First observe whether there are symptoms of infection, inflammation and bleeding at the suture site, if there are no such symptoms there is no problem even if they are not removed. If the patient notices any of these symptoms at the suture site, it is advisable to visit the hospital and the affected area needs to be debrided and the dressing changed regularly until it recovers.