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Stitch & Staple Removal at Home in Singapore

Stitch or staple removal at home in Singapore costs from S$120 per visit with us, for wounds on the body after general, orthopaedic, obstetric or day surgery. An SNB-registered nurse checks that the wound has healed enough, removes the sutures or staples cleanly, redresses the site if needed, and leaves a written summary for the patient's doctor. We do not remove stitches after cosmetic or aesthetic surgery at home — those we refer to a doctor in clinic.

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  • SNB-registered nurses

    Every visit is by a nurse registered with the Singapore Nursing Board.

  • Real prices, published

    Flat per-visit fees with consumables at cost — no minimum on per-visit care.

  • A summary for your doctor

    You get a written visit summary to share with the patient's own doctor.

What it costs

typically S$120–200 per visit for the nurse's time. Consumables are billed separately at cost — no markup. The fee also covers travel within mainland Singapore and a written summary for the patient's doctor. See the full pricing list.

Surcharges, where they apply:

  • Same-day / urgent (booked within 24 hours): +S$60
  • Off-island / remote zones (Sentosa, Jurong Island, Tuas South): +S$55
  • Visits beyond 60 minutes: +S$60 per additional 30 minutes
What a typical visit costs
Typical total per visitS$126–209
Nursing fee (typical)
S$120–200
Consumables (at cost)
S$6–9

Consumables: a dressing pack, gauze, saline and sterile gloves — at our supplier cost, no markup.

A sterile stitch-removal blade or staple remover is billed at cost when used.

See itemised consumables
  • Dressing SetS$2
  • Gauze SterileS$0.80
  • Sodium Chloride 0.9% 20mlS$1.20
  • Gloves Sterile (7)S$2.50

Your exact all-in price — including any urgent or off-island fee — is confirmed before we visit. See the full pricing.

What happens during the visit

  • The nurse checks the wound is healed enough for the stitches to come out.
  • Sutures or staples are removed cleanly, one at a time.
  • The wound is cleaned and redressed if needed.
  • The family is advised on aftercare and scar care.
  • A written visit summary is left for the patient's own doctor.

Who needs this

People recovering from general, orthopaedic, obstetric or day surgery, or a repaired wound, whose stitches or staples are due to come out and who would rather not travel back to a clinic to have it done. Not for stitches after cosmetic or aesthetic surgery — see below.

How often: Usually a one-off visit, timed to when the wound has healed enough (often 7–14 days after the procedure).

Subsidies you may be eligible for

Eligible Singapore Citizens and PRs may qualify for AIC-subsidised home nursing and the Home Caregiving Grant. See home nursing subsidies for who qualifies and how to apply.

When to call a doctor

  • The wound opens or gapes after removal
  • Increasing redness, warmth, swelling, or pus (possible infection)
  • Fever, or the wound is more painful instead of less

For urgent or severe symptoms, call 995 or go to the nearest A&E.

Stitches after cosmetic or aesthetic surgery

We do not remove stitches after cosmetic surgery at home. If you have had a procedure here or overseas and you are back home with stitches in, we will point you to the right doctor — but we will not send a nurse to your house for it.

Why we say no to this one

  • The whole point of a cosmetic stitch is that it leaves no trace. Fine sutures on a face are placed to disappear. Taking them out with ordinary instruments, under ordinary light, risks the one thing you paid to avoid — a visible mark on the result.
  • Some stitches are meant to stay in. In non-incision double eyelid surgery, a non-absorbable thread anchors the eyelid muscle to the skin. Only the ends that exit the skin come out. Remove the wrong one and the crease can be lost, which means revision surgery.
  • Around the eye, there is no margin for error. Instruments working millimetres from the cornea belong in a clinic with proper positioning, lighting and magnification — not perched on the edge of a sofa.
  • We were not in the operating theatre. Without your surgeon's notes we cannot know what suture material was used, how many were placed, whether any are continuous rather than individual, or whether any were deliberately left long. A doctor examining you can work that out. A nurse arriving with a dressing pack cannot.

What we do remove at home

Stitches and staples after general, orthopaedic, obstetric and day surgery — body sites where the wound is straightforward and a nurse visit is genuinely the sensible option. That includes abdominal and limb wounds, surgical staples, and drain sites, with a wound check and a written summary for your doctor, from S$120 per visit. If you are unsure which category you fall into, message us with a photo and we will tell you honestly — including when the answer is that you do not need us.

When cosmetic stitches need to come out

Timing matters more than most people expect. Left too long, fine sutures leave marks of their own. Removed too early, the wound can open. These are the windows surgeons generally work to:

ProcedureUsual removal
Double eyelid, non-incisionAbout 3 days
Double eyelid, partial incision4–5 days
Upper or lower blepharoplasty, full incision5–7 days
Rhinoplasty and facial procedures5–7 days (splint usually 5–6 days)
Body — abdominoplasty, breast, liposuction7–14 days

Your own surgeon's instruction always overrides this table. If you had surgery abroad, most clinics expect you to stay 1–2 weeks so they can remove the stitches and check the healing before you fly. If you have already flown home, treat this as time-sensitive rather than something to sort out next week.

Where to go instead

These are the options we would suggest, in that order. Contact the clinic directly — each one sets and confirms its own fee.

  1. Urgent Care Clinic International (UCC)

    The clinic we suggest first for most cases. Doctor-performed, in a proper clinical setting, and they see wounds and minor procedures every day. Contact the clinic directly to book — they will confirm their own fee.

    The Capitol Singapore, 13 Stamford Road, #01-21, Singapore 178905
    City Hall MRT, Exit D
    Tel 6910 5388
    WhatsApp 8850 5133
    Mon–Fri 9am–5pm · Sat 9am–1pm · Closed Sunday and public holidays

    WhatsApp UCC

  2. Dr Pek Chong Han — if you want a plastic surgeon to do it

    MBBS (Singapore), MRCS (Glasg), MMed (Surgery), FAMS (Plastic Surgery). MOH-accredited consultant plastic surgeon, Polaris Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

    The closest match to the surgeon who put the stitches in — a plastic surgeon removing fine sutures, with complex wound management as part of the day job. Call the clinic for an appointment. The fee covers the consultation and the removal itself, plus any consumable if one is needed; that is uncommon, but if the wound has not fully closed a little skin glue may go over it. The clinic confirms the figure.

    Polaris Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — 1 Orchard Boulevard, #10-08 Camden Medical Centre, Singapore 248649
    Appointments 8828 4565
    or 8102 4565
    Clinic 6737 4565
    polarisplasticsurgery.com
    Mon–Fri 9am–6pm · Sat 9am–1pm · Closed Sunday and public holidays

  3. Eyelid surgery, or anything that has not healed cleanly

    If your procedure was around the eye — particularly non-incision double eyelid — or if the wound looks red, is discharging, or the sides have separated, see an oculoplastic or plastic surgeon rather than a general clinic.

    Singapore National Eye Centre, Oculoplastic Service — 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751
    National University Hospital, Oculoplastic and Facial Aesthetic Service

  4. Your original surgeon first, if you can reach them

    If you had surgery in Singapore, go back to the surgeon who operated. Removal is almost always already included in what you paid, and nobody knows the wound better. The same applies overseas if the clinic has a Singapore affiliate — ask them before you pay anyone else.

How it works

  1. 1

    Call or enquire

    Tell us what care is needed and where. We confirm the visit and the price up front.

  2. 2

    A nurse visits

    An SNB-registered nurse comes to your home at a time that suits you and carries out the care.

  3. 3

    Written summary

    You get a written summary to share with the patient's doctor, and we plan any repeat visits.

Frequently asked questions

How much does stitch or staple removal at home cost?
From S$120 per visit with us, consumables at cost. That is for body-site stitches and staples after general, orthopaedic, obstetric or day surgery. Cosmetic stitch removal is done by a doctor in clinic — the clinics we list below set and confirm their own fees, so contact them directly.
When should stitches or staples be removed after surgery?
It depends on the wound and where it is — often 7–14 days after surgery. Follow the timing your surgeon advised; we can confirm the wound is ready.
Can a nurse remove my stitches at home after cosmetic surgery?
No. We do not remove stitches after cosmetic or aesthetic surgery at home. Fine cosmetic sutures need magnification and a clinical setting, some eyelid sutures are meant to stay in, and removal near the eye is not appropriate for a home visit. We refer these cases to a doctor in clinic instead.
I had surgery in Korea and returned to Singapore with stitches in. What should I do?
See a doctor in a clinic rather than arranging a home nurse visit. Korean clinics usually expect international patients to stay 1 to 2 weeks so the surgeon can remove the stitches and check the healing. If you have already flown home, treat it as time-sensitive and contact one of the clinics we list below directly.
Will you remove stitches from surgery done by another doctor?
For body wounds after general or orthopaedic surgery, yes. For cosmetic and aesthetic procedures, we refer you to a doctor rather than doing it at home.

Read our care guide: Stitch and Staple Removal at Home.

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