The breakage of the stitches starts within 2 weeks of the stitching but if you want the complete stitches to disappear then the process of hydrolysis or the enzymes in our body do that in a period of 60 days and therefore it approximately takes up to 2 months for the stitches to get dissolved.
Boston Celtics draft Larry Bird with the 6th pick of the NBA Draft. June 9, 1978. Drafted sixth overall as a junior-eligible by the Celtics, behind Mychal Thompson (Portland), Phil Ford (Kansas City), Rick Robey (Indiana), Micheal Ray Richardson (New York), and Purvis Short (Golden State).
The second best college player (Magic was the other) went at No. 6. Boston took him in 1978, but Bird decided to stay for his senior year at Indiana St. for one more showdown with Magic Johnson. The Celtics were able to retain his rights until the 1979 Draft. Leave it to Red Auerbach to grab Bird after five other teams passed. The rest, as they say, is history. Larry Legend and Magic Johnson continued their rivalry for a decade, became the best of buds, and saved the NBA in the process.