Anyone that has had lots of sutures will tell you (as would any doctor) that you can only suture a wound within about 8 hours after the bleeding stops. The only way around this is for the doctor (and I have only had this done once out of many many trips to the doctor for sutures) to reopen the wound intentionally, then suture it. So if your doctor is more than 8 hours away, visiting him may still be a good idea for getting some antibiotics to prevent infection, but he/she won't be doing any suturing. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />