Yup, the flesh just liquefied and melted away about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch deep.
And I was lucky compared to what has happened to some people.
A brown recluse bit a friend of mine. She was screwed up for YEARS. She not only had a large piece of flesh above her knee removed, but suffered through nausea and sweating every time she exerted herself due to the venom being taken up by her fat cells.
Indeed. Several years ago my sister was bitten on the foot by a brown recluse spider. The poison rapidly ran up her entire left leg. The damage was so severe at that one point the surgeons were on the verge of amputating her entire leg. But at the last minute one of the doctors had an idea of how to save her leg. And the treatment worked.