>>I will say this: the doctor would have to write me a prescription to put me in la-la land
You’d probably already have that for most of the wounds they would treat like this, the exception being one deep in the flesh, but perhaps not all that serious - one that was difficult to reach.
As yefragetuwrabrumuy articulated, the ability to get into hard to access areas is a big plus of this therapy. The first case I ever saw (TV - never saw one in the flesh, so to speak) was an old woman who had an infection deep in some scar tissue from a previous injury - very deep - looked like she got hit with a meat cleaver or something decades before. The doctors would have had to cut away quite a bit of tissue to get at it.
From my understanding, the results are miraculous and they only eat the “dead” tissue so it isn’t like they are consuming you alive. I still opt for la la land... who knows? With the right meds, I may end up naming them. “Oh, is Leroy finished already? Look at Julia go!” (LOL!)
The maggots are very tiny when applied...as they do their job, they grow to what we all think of as a mature maggot..