Just got first shamisen but, both sides of skin ripped and possible string replacement

Hi everyone, I just got my first shamisen but after unraveling the cloth, I found out that both sides of the skin have tears in them. I know next to nothing about shamisen so I don’t know if I need string replacements or not.

So, I’m wondering where I can get this replaced because I don’t dare do it myself. I live in central California so I was curious if anyone knows where I can go or send it to.

Bachido offers skin replacement :slightly_smiling_face:
https://bachido.com/store/repair-skin

Is that the tenjin cover sitting under the strings? I would not leave that there…

Ah ok thank you! I will do that!