Sutures in dermatosurgery

Sutures are a very important component of dermatosurgery. During the three years post graduate curriculum in dermatology, hardly any kind of dermatosurgery or aesthetic dermatology is taught. Aesthetic dermatology is usually not practiced in the medical colleges. But their are some basic surgical techniques, which every dermatologist ought to know. The technique of closing wounds by means of needle and thread is several thousand years old [1]