Guild Wars 2

Sorry if this has been answered already, but I can’t seem to find any info on this matter.

I have a lot of unused skins.
In the current system I can apply these skins for free on any item I want.
If the skin will simply unlock this skin for my account and destroy the skin item, will I have to pay transmutation charged to use my skin afterward?

So my question basically is:
a) are the skin items destroyed when the patch hits? (after unlocking the appearance in the wardrobe)
b) if so, do we get an extra transmutation charge per skin item to make up for the fact that we lost our free first use of the skin?

How do I unlock skins with the Wardrobe system?

Equipping, salvaging, or destroying a piece of gear or a skin will add the skin to your Wardrobe if you have not already unlocked it. You can also right-click the item and select “Unlock Skin” as well. This option will be greyed out and not selectable if the skin is already unlocked in your Wardrobe.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/46419166-Wardrobe

Your skin will not be destroyed or unlocked until you take some action.

That does explain better than the blog post.
Thank you

My pleasure. =)