Scar Revision Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of scar revision in Chennai typically ranges from $510 to $4,900 USD (about ₹48,400 to ₹4.65 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for scar revision in Chennai is around $1,650 (about ₹1.57 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If one area is treated and you go home the same day, your bill is likely to be closer to $510 (about ₹48,400). It is likely to be nearer $4,900 (about ₹4.65 lakh) if several procedures are combined, the operation takes longer, you stay overnight or you choose a more senior surgeon.

When comparing Chennai packages for scar revision, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Dressings, splints or garments
• GST
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Scar revision aims to improve the appearance of a scar, by cutting it out and re-stitching the skin, smoothing it, or using laser or other treatments, although a scar can never be removed completely.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust makes clear that scar revision aims to improve or disguise a scar but cannot take away it completely, that an unsightly scar can return even after careful surgery, and that waiting no less than six months after the injury is generally recommended.

Techniques include cutting out the scar and re-stitching, smoothing the skin surface, laser for some scars, and non-surgical options such as silicone dressings and steroid injections.

The trust records that stitches generally come out after about a week, most patients need a couple of days off work, and redness for a number of weeks is normal.

Infection is uncommon, but the scar might still look unsightly or come back.

Fitness to fly: aviation guidance does not give a figure for cosmetic surgery, so book your flight after the wound check and move around the cabin regularly.

In Chennai, the price of scar revision is generally built from these parts:

• Tests before surgery: blood work, an ECG and an anaesthetic review.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on operating time.
• Surgeon's fee: which reflects experience.
• GST: may be charged, because cosmetic surgery does not count as exempt healthcare.
• Technique: excision, smoothing or laser.
• Scar: size and site.
• Anaesthesia: local or general.
• Sessions: for laser.

Cosmetic surgery in Chennai is generally self-funded, so ask whether the price covers GST, anaesthetist fees, support garments and follow-up appointments.

Plastic surgery in Chennai is offered in hospitals and day-care clinics, and for any procedure under general anaesthetic it is safer to choose a setting with intensive care on site.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Before booking cosmetic surgery in Chennai, find the surgeon on the Indian Medical Register run by the National Medical Commission and ask which state council registration they hold.

Chennai was called Madras until the Tamil Nadu government changed the name in 1996, so older documents and some hospital paperwork may still use the earlier name.