You will be advised by dr le page and hospital ward nurses. Usually dressings should stay for about 10 days. They are usually waterproof and so a shower is possible with them. Sometimes they start to peel before the 10 days and they can even be removed from about a week after surgery (you can always put a new one on until your review). Stitches are almost always dissolvable and buried beneath the skin (so you won’t see these). If your follow-up is in person at around 2 weeks you may leave these for dr le page to remove.