Skin Donation-a brief and, it's importance 


It’s Importance: 

                  Between you and the rest of the world lies an interface that makes up 16% of your physical weight. Your skin, the largest organ in a body which protects the underlying tissue from injury and infection and also us from heat and cold, as well as environmental impacts such as chemicals, the sun’s UV-radiation and bacteria, It also regulates the body temperature, a burn injury is caused upon exposure to a source of flammable liquids like cooking oils gases like steam or contact with frying pans and other hot surfaces, when the skin is burnt first the outermost layer is affected and subsequently the deeper layers, the depth of the burn depends on the degree of heat and the period for which the skin is exposed to the heat.



How can you donate? 

                   Skin that is superficially burned heals rapidly but the skin that is totally burned cannot heal without skin grafting, At this point, skin donation is needed to help victims of major burns as it helps prevent infection, decrease the pain and provides mechanical protection thereby helping faster healing and saving lives. {To donate skin the relatives of the deceased must first, call up the 24-hours burns helpline 022-2779 3333 a skin transplant team will arrive within two hours with a specialized burns ambulance and the skin will be harvested from the body within 45 minutes} you can save a life after yours has ended by becoming a skin donor, gender, race, age, income, and other sociological factors are not considered at the time of skin donation anyone above the age of 18 not having any transmissible diseases like hepatitis, HIV, skin cancer, or any other skin diseases can donate the skin organ. Skin is a temporary dressing but is vitally important as it helps in the patient’s own skin to regenerate. 80% of such patients can be saved if we have enough skin in skin banks. Donating your skin, after your death, instead of burning or burying your body would be a great service to millions who are suffering. donate skin, choose now to save a life. 

[According to a 2014 report by WHO, more people are falling victim to burn injuries than Tuberculosis and Malaria every year. The treatment requires prolonged hospitalization intensive care and multiple corrective surgeries, leading to immense suffering and economic hardships.]



ABOUT SKIN DONATION: 

1) You don’t have to pay anything to the Skin Donation Team, selling & buying organs is illegal. 

2) Anyone’s skin can be transplanted on anyone, there is no blood matching, no color matching, no age matching required. 

3) You need to produce the Death Certificate and its photocopy which will be evaluated by the Team Doctor before starting the procedure. 

4) There is no bleeding of disfigurement at the site where skin if harvested and the area is properly bandaged and none of the inner organs are exposed. 

5) Currently, there are skin banks in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. 

6) If there is no facility in your city for Skin Doctors to come home to retrieve the tissue, it can be done at a hospital.