<prompt> The tensile strength of the wound stas and increase afterImmediate suture of the wound3 to 4 days7 to 10 days6 months  <response>: Wound Strength Carefully sutured wounds have approximately 70 of the strength of normal skin When sutures are removed, usually at 1 week, wound strength is approximately 10 of that of unwounded skin this increases rapidly over the next 4 weeks Wound strength reaches approximately 70 to 80 of normal by 3 month ref:-basic pathology,robbins 9th ed , page 72 