Grandmother becomes the first Briton to have her ulcers healed by skin from a dead donor She told the Daily Mirror: "I feel so grateful. I needed dressings twice a week and that meant trips to hospital. I've been careful not to knock my leg as that can make things worse and it has stopped me doing things. When they asked me to try this new treatment I thought it might not work for me but it could help younger folk. NHS chiefs hope the grafts could transform the lives of patients with ulcers, burns and bedsores. Ardeshir Bayat, lead scientist, said: "It is thought the decellularised dermis attracts the patient's healing cells to the wound. We are delighted. Around one in 100 people get skin ulcers costing the NHS £1 billion a year.