Generally speaking, you need to wait for the wound to heal and remove the stitches for about 1-2 days before you can go without gauze. However, if an individual has an allergic reaction to gauze or tape, the wound can be left unwrapped after stitches, but the wound needs to be properly sterilized and medication changed. After the wound has been stitched, there is still a possibility of infection, and regular dressing changes, disinfection, and gauze application are needed to prevent bacterial invasion and avoid infection as much as possible. However, due to the individual wound site, severity and physical differences, there are differences in the healing of the stitches. Generally, if an individual has no allergic reaction to gauze and tape, gauze is applied to prevent bacterial infection after the wound is stitched. The duration of gauze application correlates with wound healing or suture removal time. If the wound is large and needs to be treated by stitches, it should be sterilized, changed and gauze wrapped regularly to prevent infection. The gauze dressing can be stopped when the wound heals, 1-2 days after the stitches are removed and the eye of the stitches has also healed.