(actually, one thing I discovered that I definitely don't really like now are "dissolvable stitches"; maybe if I had picked at it more it wouldn't have been a problem but it actually took 10-15 years for the last of the dissolvable stitches to come out. I think it would have healed a lot faster without that stupid gunk embedded in my skin.)
You really should've picked at them more. Mine didn't all dissolve on their own, but after a few weeks I wound up spraying the shower head against the healed incision area while gently tugging at the bits of stitches that were left sticking out, & I managed to pull the remainder pretty well all out without any additional damage.
Last surgery I had they didn't even use stitches, they literally just glued me back together. (It was microsurgery on my spine, the incision was about 1 inch) ---