The purpose of meshing the donor skin for grafting is to:
1. Increase the size of the graft.
2. Improve the cosmetic effect.
3. Increase the rejection rate of the graft.
4. Increase the thickness of the graft.
Increase the size of the graft.
Rationale: Meshing a graft means cutting holes in the harvested skin, which allows it to be stretched over a greater surface area. The meshed skin graft can be increased from two to nine times its original size, depending on the size of the holes. Meshed skin grafts heal with the diamond pattern remaining for the rest of the client's life, and therefore they are not as cosmetically pleasing as sheet grafts. Mesh grafts have a decreased rejection rate. Meshing the graft does not increase the thickness of the graft.
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