As soon as he hit the point, he was out.
A long stitch that should have been broken and absorbed by the body long ago. And it wasn't the only one. Little by little, he removed a total of eight.
They had emerged over the years.
The video has been viewed 14 million times and hundreds of similar stories in the comments.
The story spread quickly. People began sharing their experiences.
“After intestinal surgery, eight months later, they removed a stitch directly from my stomach: it was 217 mm long and I still have it in a box,” wrote one user.
Another woman wrote:
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