[amcal]

Yes! That looks exactly like it. I haven't had it come back in a few years. Never figured out what it was.

 

[ms_mary_contrary]

Registered just to join this discussion as I’ve just pulled the same thing out of my scalp. I thought it was a shard of glass or a wood splinter but it was definitely hard and looks just like a fish bone. I crushed it with tweezers and it splintered off here and there like split ends. It looks like a calcified hair. I do have a little bit of a rash around it but maybe that’s just from me scratching at it. I can’t believe this thread is the only place on the internet where this thing is mentioned! Now I’m curious to see if it will grow back. I’ll be back here if it does.

 

[StarGazer88]

I'm having the same issue. Their hard white splinter like things. I also have a crawling sensation all over my body. I can pull one out and then 5min later there will be 4 or 5 in same spot. I have a spot on the back of my neck that they come out of and a few places on my arms and chest. I've gone to Dr and it's not scabies. I can run my fingers over my skin and I feel them sticking out like fiberglass but it's not. And a thick white dust material is all over my house my car and now my job. Its driving me nuts not knowing what this is or how to cure it. I've tried everything and spent hundreds. Anyone have any idea?

 

[applejuice]

It seems to be something like Morgellons. Make sure that you are taken seriously because some doctors like to brush you off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

 

[aliceadams1065]

I have had this twice in my lifetime. Once about 10 years ago and just had it happen again. I do not know what it is or what causes it. About a month ago I noticed something sharp on my scalp and I thought maybe it was just a scab from a scratch or something. It did not go away and it was sharp like something sticking out of my scalp. I looked at it and it looked like fingernail material and that's what it felt like. I tried to get it out with tweezers and it wouldn't budge. It finally started to make the skin around it pink and tender. It continued to grow a little and I tried again with the tweezers and this time I gave a good tug and it came out. It's Sharp but it looks like papery fingernail material. Almost like a feather quill would look. I have a photo of it but not sure how to upload a photo on this post.
I'm hoping that it does not grow back.

 

[Absolute.Aspen]

Ive studied this for almost a year, and have been suffering from it for 4-5 years now... It's a symptom of "morgellons" and morgellons is just a multidimensional symptom of a bacterial/parasitic infection caused by a spirochete, specifically Borrelia Burgdorferi, which is the underlying cause of Lyme Disease. The closely related is Treponema Pallidium, the cause of syphillis. Both are coined the expression, "The Great Imitators" The strange things that are appearing in the skin are a fungus from overproduction in keratin and collagen, which is caused by a deficiency in zinc levels. Hence the multidimensional factors it has. Borrelia is pleomorphoic and extremely invasive as it adapts to the changes in it's environment allowing mobility throughout each system of the human body... Skin, blood, circulatory, and even bones... I'm currently working towards finding the most effective cure. A full body detox along with some medicine to kill any parasitic infestation should be first and foremost. Penicillin G or the sulfa based alternative antibiotic should help, as well as applying topical zinc creme or a zinc supplement. Make sure to take antibiotics on an empty stomach for maximum results. You aren't crazy, and you arent the only one. It's becoming an epidemic and many people are being misdiagnosed with "delusions of parasitosis" by medical professionals. It is deadly, and causes many health problems. I believe that perhaps fleas, ticks, mosquitos, biting fly's, collembola, gnats, or certain mites are capable of becoming host, as well as transmitting the bacterium.

 

[Hansguirgen]

I have this one too. 3rd one in a span of about 3 months. Took a picture of the one i got now using tweezers. It’s about 1cm long. The 1st one i had was longer.

 

[Ujammer]

I have had this problem for a while

I have had this same problem for years. I originally thought that the hard, white, fish bone things coming out of my skin were cactus needles. They certainly look and feel like cactus needles! I thought this because when I was five years old, a friend of mine pushed me into a bed of cactus needles. My Mom spent hours pulling the needles out from every part of my body. I just figured that she missed some and that they were just working themselves out through my skin.

The problem is that I have a couple of spots on my right hand that seem to continually produce these "cactus needle" like entities (whatever they are). One spot is on the palm of my right hand on the pad just below my index finger. The other spot is on the same hand on the palm side of my lower index finger. I pull them out and they keep coming back. I can't imagine that a real cactus needle left in my body would keep growing back!!

My other thought about this is that about 20 years ago, I had some stitches put in that same area of my right index finger. I accidentally drilled a hole in my finger that required stitches. I don't remember them removing the stitches as I believe they were self-dissolving? I also remember my wife having something like this around one of her surgical incisions. So maybe it has something to do with stitches?? Anyone else have a similar experience??

I have also had these occasionally appear on other parts of body such as my arm, but once removed they don't come back. Also, I don't remember any of them getting infected.

My mother in law is a surgical nurse and she suggested that they may be some sort of a wart or something like that?

Anyway, it is very strange. Any help with identification would be appreciated.

 

[Mistyartworks]

For the last two years I have had same or very similar problem. When It began I thought it was glass-but upon studying a piece I removed it looked like fiberglass. White opaque brittle splinter-like pieces w length and thickness ranging slightly. To remove one in its entirety without breaking is very difficult. My fingertips & get some on sides of fingers & I have a small percentage in palm of hand and sole of foot. Years ago I sustained back injury... mistakes & malpractice led to ligament being popped & 8th rib being pried out of joint . Emergency room pain just in taking a breath & scores of Drs had no idea-consensus was chiropractor or yoga. It took years before it was established 8th rib popping in and out. Desperation and pain drove me to see chiropractor. The adjustments provided instant relief but only temporarily. Chiro had 1st try fail & suggested a bit former hand & adjustment called rib rock. That move damaged/ripped most cartilage 7th rib on down. Incidentally, neither Mayo nor Johns Hopkins had answers & said I was 1in a billion. I had pioneer exploratory surgery where 20 drs gathered to look on..... removed cartilage connecting ribs & in excess of 10” on various ribs! Bc of the very limited life I am left with, I can rule out fiberglass or exposure thru travels or flights, or living in general.
So back to these fiberglass-like pieces that continue to appear mostly in fingertips. I believe my body is producing whatever they are. To describe how they begin: a red spot which gets inflamed & raises forming a tiny blister. If left undisturbed, immediate area around spot gets dry & itchy. Once blister is pierced, you can see or feel the tip of a thin sharp white fiber which feels like a splinter would. They are brittle and break very easily, often requiring some effort to remove. At the moment I have several of them-on side of pinky at bend of first joint & several on my thumb. They have become a regular occurrence & I surely would appreciate any info on what could be the cause or possibly what they are a symptom of.....
This is first place I found someone having similar problem & joined this site. I look forward to any discussion on what I have written!

 

[Mistyartworks]

I would like to add that these splinters are tiny filament thin and more do not spring from the same spot.

 

[retinolcream]

Drink fresh turmeric juice everyday. Clean your gut clean your skin

 

[kendallbeth64@gmail.com]

I've registered here because I was looking for the answer to the same type of question. I have hair like shards of bone or glass or thorns coming out of a hard circular patch of skin. I don't know how or when I ever injured that spot or came into direct contact with any thing prickly.
Just now I said to someone that it felt like sharp fish bone fragments.
I will post some real gross closeups.
I

have a theory as to what mine might be. Two years ago I had an accident riding my boyfriends handle bars of his high speed bike. I was barefoot and my right foot slipped into the spokes just as we were picking up speed. Long story short, I broke the bone between pinky toe and ankle and two other toes.
Months and months later s bone fragment (I believe) surfaced on the top of that foot. It was sharp and I had to pull it out. I'm pretty certain that this is a cluster of bone fragments that finally my body is trying to expel.
I'll try sending close up images.

 

[MalAvi]

I have this one too. 3rd one in a span of about 3 months. Took a picture of the one i got now using tweezers. It’️s about 1cm long. The 1st one i had was longer.

Thank you for posting the picture. I just removed something like this from my little son's head two days ago. I have been so worried, because no one knows what I'm talking about. I was soothing him to sleep, rubbing his scalp, and felt something sharp. When I tweezed it out, it looked just like the thing in your picture. Has there been any further explanation of what it is?

 

[Deadly_Dollface]

I joined just to be able to discuss this after just pulling one out of my wrist! About 3-4 weeks ago I noticed a little red dot. It was very itchy in the area, but after inspection I just assumed it was a scratch or dry spot. I noticed the spot getting dry and today I noticed a bit of white in the center that I mistook for dry skin. I fussed at it before pulling it with tweezers-it kept going long after I thought it would stop! It's about a quarter inch. I have a picture and will upload it just as soon as I can figure out how. It looks exactly like the ones in the other pictures. It's stiff and feels like a thin finger nail sliver. It did separate at the end where the tweezers pulled it out. It appears to be the thinnest of strands. I think it's a few calcified hairs. I didn't tell you the strangest part. I've seen it before. I once had a terrible itch coming from inside my belly button. After further inspection I pulled one out of there. It happened again many years later. I always inspect it now when washing and I've never seen it again there. The spot on my wrist felt much better the moment I removed it.

 

[Brittanyp2]

I have had this same thing happen to me over the course of a year or so. I thought I was just crazy! I haven’️t been to a dr for it but am now thinking of making a dermatologist appointment because it’️s happened about 6 times or so to me. Always on my upper back, like shoulder and neck area. I feel something poking out of my skin, remove it with tweezers and the best way I’️ve always described it is like a keratin or fingernail like material. So weird! Wish someone had an answer! If I can figure out how to upload a picture I will. I just pulled one out this morning.
The picture with the pink steering wheel cover was from April, it’s not a great picture because it didn’t focus on it but they are always pretty thin. Second picture is much better and from this morning

 

[Fairyperson01]

Help!! This is the only place I have found that actually relates to the situation I just had. I had felt what I thought was a scab on the top of my head and got my partner to look and he said that he couldn't see anything so I got him to feel it and he felt the splinter like thing so he got the tweezers and pulled at it thinking it was just a bit of dry skin when it kept coming. When we examined this mystery thing we had no idea what it could be, it was like a white, fingernail, fishbone looking cactus spike, it's flimsy but thick and it had blood on the end of it. I had this a year ago too but in a different place but just thought it was a bit of plastic from somewhere but as the same thing has happened again I've changed my opinion, does anyone have an answer? I think its definitely not hair. Thanks!! (I dont know how to upload a pic)

 

[Kej86]

So, several weeks ago, I had an itchy spot on my arm. When I went to scratch it, it felt like there was something sticking out of the skin - it felt hard, almost like a sliver of glass or a splinter. So, I got some tweezers and I pulled out what looked to be a small fish bone - it was that sort of white/opaque color and very thin just like a fish bone.

Didn't think much about it but, then it happened again a few weeks later - same arm, same place. Pulled it out and didn't think anything about it.

Well, my DD had a spot on her leg that looked like a bug bite. I rubbed over it and I felt the same sharp feeling like something was sticking out. I tried to get it out with tweezers but, she freaked out so I left it alone for a few days.

After a few days it seemed like it was getting worse - sort of starting to look like a pimple so, I applied some ora-gel to numb the area and I pulled it out. It was the exact same thing - a fish bone looking thing except her's had a ball on the end (maybe from where it was festering?)

It feels exactly like it would feel if you were running your finger over a piece of fish to feel for bones - you know how when you run your finger over it, it's sharp and sticking out slightly. This is exactly what it feels like.

So, what the heck? Has anyone heard of anything like this?

 

[Kej86]

I've had exactly the same thing happen to me. Pulled one out of the top of my arm about 3 or 4 weeks ago. It was about 2mm long and exactly like a fishbone and it felt like it was rooted in my arm when I pulled it out. Then this morning I had another one in exactly the same place. Around 2mm long again. So glad it hasn't only happened to me. I'd love to know what it is though.

 

[Alexandra LM]

I am so glad I found this link to everyone's similar issues. My story is much more acute and unbelievable, but I am also having this same issue happening all over my right cheek & jawbone area. The fishbones are either super thin & needle-like, or they come in varied sizes, some painfully large like fangs ((ugh! ..shudder..))
I am currently working with a wound care NP to see what this might be. There is a prior post who provided great information, which I will share with my docs.
I'll get some pictures of my 'pulls' to compare with everyone else's very soon.

I sincerely hope we can all find some answers & a relieving cure!! 🙏🙏😇 I'm in so much pain 24/7

 

[vampiritalopez]

Ive studied this for almost a year, and have been suffering from it for 4-5 years now... It's a symptom of "morgellons" and morgellons is just a multidimensional symptom of a bacterial/parasitic infection caused by a spirochete, specifically Borrelia Burgdorferi, which is the underlying cause of Lyme Disease. The closely related is Treponema Pallidium, the cause of syphillis. Both are coined the expression, "The Great Imitators" The strange things that are appearing in the skin are a fungus from overproduction in keratin and collagen, which is caused by a deficiency in zinc levels. Hence the multidimensional factors it has. Borrelia is pleomorphoic and extremely invasive as it adapts to the changes in it's environment allowing mobility throughout each system of the human body... Skin, blood, circulatory, and even bones... I'm currently working towards finding the most effective cure. A full body detox along with some medicine to kill any parasitic infestation should be first and foremost. Penicillin G or the sulfa based alternative antibiotic should help, as well as applying topical zinc creme or a zinc supplement. Make sure to take antibiotics on an empty stomach for maximum results. You aren't crazy, and you arent the only one. It's becoming an epidemic and many people are being misdiagnosed with "delusions of parasitosis" by medical professionals. It is deadly, and causes many health problems. I believe that perhaps fleas, ticks, mosquitos, biting fly's, collembola, gnats, or certain mites are capable of becoming host, as well as transmitting the bacterium.

I got these spiky things all over my face and neck a few months ago. Then on my legs and arms. I thought I was covered in glass shards. I started pulling them out because they were causing scabs, inflammation and scars. My face is calming down, but there are still some. The ones in my eyelids did major damage.
I was looking up side effects of every new product, vitamin or food that might be causing this. COLLAGEN powder seems to be the culprit in my case. I stopped using it a week ago and so far, so good. I haven't been to a dermatologist yet.