Technique for placing a dermal suture

Absorbable suture material should be used for dermal sutures. The knot is buried by placing the suture using an inverted technique in which the suture loop begins in the dermis. The needle is directed toward the skin surface, exiting near the dermal-epidermal junction. It is then inserted into the opposite side of the wound directly across from the point of exit. The loop is completed in the dermis at the level where the needle was initially placed.