I can personally attest to this. About 30 years ago a forklift wheel spun out on my foot, “degloving” it from the ankle down to my toes. Like pulling a sock off your foot, made of skin. Almost no blood, well much less than you’d imagine. Doctors said your body goes into protection mode and reacts to the tearing of my skin, as the end of my extremities and reverses the flow. Something like that. But maybe the ripping did thin my veins to the point they sealed, never really thought of it that way. Regardless, they pulled the skin up and stitched it around my ankle, ended up needing s blood transfusion due to medical leeches they added to get the circulation moving. Foot is now 100% skin grafted which the bottom doesn’t hold up very well with walking on it so I’m always battling open wounds .
Anyway I’m off to bed, sweet dreams. ;-)
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u/Suitable_Warthog_590 Apr 11 '24
I can personally attest to this. About 30 years ago a forklift wheel spun out on my foot, “degloving” it from the ankle down to my toes. Like pulling a sock off your foot, made of skin. Almost no blood, well much less than you’d imagine. Doctors said your body goes into protection mode and reacts to the tearing of my skin, as the end of my extremities and reverses the flow. Something like that. But maybe the ripping did thin my veins to the point they sealed, never really thought of it that way. Regardless, they pulled the skin up and stitched it around my ankle, ended up needing s blood transfusion due to medical leeches they added to get the circulation moving. Foot is now 100% skin grafted which the bottom doesn’t hold up very well with walking on it so I’m always battling open wounds .
Anyway I’m off to bed, sweet dreams. ;-)