Yup! They the maggots only eat the rotting/bad flesh, so when their done, the wound is cleaned and the maggots are removed. It's gross but works wellYUCH but many 'OLD' cures are still used today. For example the local VA hospital still uses maggots to fight extremely severe infections. Seems that the beasties will only eat the dead tissue. Actual fact. Maggots are still used to fight infections and they do a pretty good job.