"After a break, the operation continued.
The skin grafting surgeries on other parts of the body seemed much simpler, requiring adjusting positions and preparing surgical drapes multiple times.
Aside from the scalp, Ivan replaced all of Teacher Sun's scarred skin at once, including the fingers and toes. The operation was massive and lasted for seven hours, finally ending at three in the afternoon.
There were several reasons to delay the scalp surgery. During facial skin transplantation, the surrounding skin needs to be sutured firmly in place. If the scalp were included in this transplantation, it would be impossible to secure the face skin. Secondly, the scalp needs to be regrown, yielding a piece of skin that contains hair follicles.
After the surgery, Teacher Sun looked like a mummy, his body tightly wrapped in bandages. The process of wrapping the bandages was sophisticated, with a systematic method.