FLORIDA'S ONLY JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED URGENT CARE
FLORIDA'S ONLY JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED URGENT CARE · ONE OF JUST 8 NATIONWIDE
FLORIDA'S ONLY JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED URGENT CARE
FLORIDA'S ONLY JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED URGENT CARE · ONE OF JUST 8 NATIONWIDE
Walk-in laceration repair, wound closure, and suture services for cuts, gashes, and skin tears at TrufaMED Urgent Care in Surfside, FL — no ER visit required.
Cuts, lacerations, and skin tears happen unexpectedly — in the kitchen, at work, during sports, or in everyday life. When a wound is too deep or wide for a bandage, professional closure is needed to prevent infection, reduce scarring, and promote proper healing.
TrufaMED provides expert laceration repair including sutures (stitches), wound adhesive (skin glue), and adhesive wound closure strips. Our providers clean the wound thoroughly, assess for underlying damage to tendons, nerves, or blood vessels, and close the wound using the technique best suited to its location and severity.
Visit us for cuts that are deeper than a quarter inch, will not stop bleeding after 15 minutes of direct pressure, have jagged or gaping edges, are located on the face or over a joint, or are caused by a dirty or rusty object.
Expert wound closure using sutures for lacerations that require the strongest repair. Our providers use precise technique and appropriate suture material for the wound location.
For appropriate wounds, medical-grade skin adhesive provides a pain-free, no-needle closure with excellent cosmetic results — especially popular for pediatric patients.
Thorough irrigation and cleaning of the wound to remove debris, bacteria, and damaged tissue — critical for preventing infection and promoting clean healing.
Evaluation of your tetanus vaccination status with booster administration when needed, especially for puncture wounds, rusty object injuries, and contaminated lacerations.
On-site digital X-ray to check for glass, metal, or other foreign objects embedded in the wound that may not be visible on surface examination.
We schedule suture removal at the appropriate time (typically 5-14 days depending on location) and provide wound care instructions to minimize scarring.
The emergency room is designed for life-threatening injuries, but the majority of lacerations requiring stitches can be safely and effectively treated at urgent care. The average ER wait time for a non-critical laceration is 2-4 hours, and the cost can exceed $2,000. At TrufaMED, most laceration repairs are completed within an hour at a fraction of the ER cost.
Our providers are skilled in wound repair techniques for all body areas including the face, scalp, hands, and limbs. We use local anesthesia to ensure the procedure is as comfortable as possible, and we select closure methods that optimize both wound healing and cosmetic outcome.
Choose the ER over urgent care if your laceration involves heavy uncontrollable bleeding, a deep wound to the chest or abdomen, severed tendons or nerves, an amputated or partially amputated finger or limb, or a wound associated with a broken bone protruding through the skin.
Walk in for expert laceration repair — no ER wait needed.
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Learn About Concierge Medicine →Most lacerations should be evaluated within 6 to 8 hours of injury — closure becomes harder and infection risk rises significantly past that window. Come in for: any wound deeper than the top skin layer, cuts longer than 1/2 inch, wounds with visible fat or muscle, gaping wounds where edges do not naturally come together, cuts on the face, hands, or over a joint, wounds from a dirty or rusty object, animal or human bites, and any cut that will not stop bleeding after 10 minutes of firm pressure.
Your physician examines the wound, irrigates it with sterile saline to remove debris, administers local anesthesia (lidocaine injection — the only painful part is the injection itself, which lasts 10 to 30 seconds), and selects the closure method best suited to the wound. Closure options include traditional sutures, surgical staples, dermal adhesives (skin glue), or steri-strips depending on wound location, depth, and your skin type. The full visit including X-ray (if needed to rule out foreign body) typically takes 30 to 60 minutes.
If your last tetanus shot was more than 5 years ago for a contaminated wound (or 10 years for a clean wound), your physician will administer a tetanus booster on-site. Antibiotics are prescribed selectively — most clean uncomplicated lacerations do not require them, but bites, dirty wounds, deep puncture wounds, and wounds in patients with diabetes or immune compromise typically do. You leave with written aftercare instructions, a follow-up plan for suture removal (typically 5 to 14 days depending on location), and our direct line for any concerns during healing.
For uncontrolled bleeding (spurting blood, blood loss greater than a cup, signs of shock), suspected major artery or nerve injury, deep wounds to the chest, abdomen, neck, or eye, or any wound from a high-velocity mechanism (industrial accident, motor vehicle), the ER is the right call — they have surgical, vascular, and trauma resources we do not.
Most lacerations should be evaluated within 6 to 8 hours of injury — closure becomes harder and infection risk rises significantly past that window. Come in for: any wound deeper than the top skin layer, cuts longer than 1/2 inch, wounds with visible fat or muscle, gaping wounds where edges do not naturally come together, cuts on the face, hands, or over a joint, wounds from a dirty or rusty object, animal or human bites, and any cut that will not stop bleeding after 10 minutes of firm pressure.
Your physician examines the wound, irrigates it with sterile saline to remove debris, administers local anesthesia (lidocaine injection — the only painful part is the injection itself, which lasts 10 to 30 seconds), and selects the closure method best suited to the wound. Closure options include traditional sutures, surgical staples, dermal adhesives (skin glue), or steri-strips depending on wound location, depth, and your skin type. The full visit including X-ray (if needed to rule out foreign body) typically takes 30 to 60 minutes.
If your last tetanus shot was more than 5 years ago for a contaminated wound (or 10 years for a clean wound), your physician will administer a tetanus booster on-site. Antibiotics are prescribed selectively — most clean uncomplicated lacerations do not require them, but bites, dirty wounds, deep puncture wounds, and wounds in patients with diabetes or immune compromise typically do. You leave with written aftercare instructions, a follow-up plan for suture removal (typically 5 to 14 days depending on location), and our direct line for any concerns during healing.
For uncontrolled bleeding (spurting blood, blood loss greater than a cup, signs of shock), suspected major artery or nerve injury, deep wounds to the chest, abdomen, neck, or eye, or any wound from a high-velocity mechanism (industrial accident, motor vehicle), the ER is the right call — they have surgical, vascular, and trauma resources we do not.
