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

An injury or a wound might need a graft for several reasons (ofc not exhaustive) :

– too big
– area under stress when moving
– the region doesn’t get enough blood so doesn’t get enought nutrients to heal

Most of the time you pick an area of the body that isn’t under much tension ( or loose ) and is perfectly fine, and some stitching to pull the sides back together will be enough. Ofc there is many grafts techniques so that changes a lot.