DefinitionA skin graft is a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from one area of the body and transplanted, or attached, to another area.Alternative NamesSkin transplant; Skin autografting; FTSG; STSG; Split thickness skin graft; Full thickness skin graftDescriptionYour surgery will probably be done while you are under general anesthesia (you will be unconscious and will not feel pain).Healthy skin is taken from a place on your body called the donor site. Most people having a skin graft have a split-thickness skin graft. This takes the 2 top layers of skin from the donor site (the epidermis) and the layer under the epidermis (the dermis).The donor site can be any area of the body. Most times, it is an area that is hidden by clothes, such as the buttock or inner thigh.The graft is care