Eli5 when someone gets an injury that requires a skin graft, how does the area they take the graft from recover?

Question

I’m assuming they stitch it but can’t stitch the original location for some reason but I still can’t wrap my head around it?

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Answer 1

From where they took the skin, they put a mesh and some goo. The area bleeds and scabs up into the mesh. Eventually new skin grows and the mesh falls off. It leaves a big scar.

I think they basically take a potato peeler and take off the top layer of skin.

My details are from the early 90s, maybe it’s different now.