Skin Grafting Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of skin grafting in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for skin grafting in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 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 $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if several procedures are combined, the operation takes longer, you stay overnight or you choose a more senior surgeon.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for skin grafting, 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

Skin grafting moves healthy skin from one part of the body to cover a wound, a burn or an area where skin has been lost or taken out.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust says that a split-thickness graft takes the outer layer of skin and part of the layer beneath, leaving a donor site that heals like a graze, whereas a full-thickness graft takes all the layers, commonly from the neck, behind the ear or the inner arm, and the donor site is stitched.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust says that a graft is moved without its own blood supply and has to grow new vessels, whereas a flap keeps its blood supply.

The Frimley leaflet reports graft failure in 5 to 20 in 100 people, commonly because of infection, bleeding under the graft or movement, so avoid rubbing or shearing; smoking raises the risk.

Dressings stay on for a number of days, grafts on the legs or feet might need rest and a longer stay, and both graft and donor site need sun protection.

Flying home: aviation guidance does not cover cosmetic surgery, so wait for the surgeon's wound check before flying and get up to walk regularly during the flight.

A Gurgaon quote for skin grafting is normally made up of these items:

• Tests before surgery: bloods, an ECG and an anaesthetic check.
• Theatre and anaesthesia: set mostly by operating time.
• Surgeon's fees: which vary with experience.
• Tax: GST can appear on the bill, since cosmetic surgery sits outside the healthcare exemption.
• Graft type: split or full thickness.
• Size and site: of the area covered.
• Length of stay: longer for legs and feet.
• Dressings: and wound clinic appointments.

Large grafts after burns or major injury might need a number of operations and longer stays, so the Gurgaon total can exceed the range above.

Gurgaon has plastic surgery services in both hospitals and day-care clinics, and for anything under general anaesthesia an on-site intensive care unit adds a margin of safety.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Before booking cosmetic surgery in Gurgaon, check that the surgeon is listed on the National Medical Commission's Indian Medical Register and ask for their medical council registration number.

Gurgaon sits on the south-western edge of Delhi, a short road transfer from Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the usual arrival point for international patients.