Skin removal tool for skin grafts - photo

[Frank S]

Yeah its been ok for a long time now. The only bad thing about a graft directly to a muscle is that is how it stays since there is no fascia sheet or a web of fibers for collagen to grow so I have a 4 inch diameter section of skin directly attached to the calf muscle. I could have had several scar reduction surgeries where over time they would have gradually pulled and stretched the natural skin to an ever smaller area and the insurance I carried at the time would have covered much of it, but I didn't see the need.
Most folks can't understand how a close range gun shot wound short of a shotgun could make such a gash so if I happened to be at the beach I would simply say I was bitten by a shark trying to eat the jellyfish that had attached itself to my leg. They would see dead jellies laying on the beach and say Ok that makes sense. I would always roll over laughing after they left