Personally I don't like the dissolving stitches. I had a really bad experience with them. We adopted Harley from a shelter that was about 45 minutes to an hour away so when they altered him we got the dissolving stitches. After about a week the stitches didn't look so good so we took him to our regular vet. The stitches weren't dissolving properly and they had to cut them out. The worst part was that they had to nip a thin layer of skin to get to the stitch. Harley was a perfect angel, but I felt so bad for him . Trust me; it's better to get the regular stitches. Less problems.