Dressings are gone but the stitches still remain!!

Went to the doctors this afternoon as had an appointment with the practise nurse as was abit worried about one of my stitches as was stuck to one of the dressings and didn't want to pull it out!! The practise nurse took them all off and said that if this one wouldn't come off she had some stuff to soak it off but it came asway as if nothing had happend!! So nothing to worry about just got to leave the air to get to them so no more dressings!! Plenty more rest though..not so stiff but plenty of bruising to be seen it looks like i have beaten up (as quoted by my dad).