# What is this thing that came out of my face? \*TMI warning\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192 "2006-07-12T15:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/81 "2013-02-28T04:24:16Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > “Dirt vein” is what we always called them in Florida. Not claiming that’s the proper name or anything. I think they’re properly called shrimp shit. I’ve probably eaten a tablespoon or more of the stuff just since the OP, which was, after all, seven years ago. I doubt, however, that **andrew** was harboring shrimp shit in his beard stubble. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/82 "2013-02-28T05:56:31Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > My opinion only, but I think you need a new hobby. > ~VOW I’m wondering what google search led him to that particular thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/83 "2013-02-28T06:04:19Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Yeah, it’s not an unusual thing. It is an ingrown hair, but just with several follicles joined together. Happens occasionally with me, too. > > No need to seek medical advice. (Simmer down, **Anaamika**.) Yep, I get these every now and then, too. And if you think that is TMI, you have not seen TMI. 😉 Sweet Zombie Jesus, I didn’t realize. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/84 "2013-02-28T14:02:44Z")
It’s your Tracking Implant. After the Greys abducted you and measured your vital parameters, they stuck this in you to keep track of your mk8igration and mating patterns. You removed the first one, so they had to get hold of you and implant another one, or risk losing another subject. Now yiou’ve gone and pulled the second one out. You can expect another bout of “Lost Time”. And this time they’ll stick it somewhere less noticeable and more difficult to remove. Like your groin. Consider yourself lucky. They used to depiliate the scalp and spray-paint tracking numbers in infrared ink up there. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bob\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_X)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/85 "2013-02-28T19:18:58Z")
Weird little fibers under the skin is one of the category of things called [Morgellons](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/morgellons-disease/sn00043), along with itchy spots that feel like something’s crawling on you except that there isn’t, etc. Some of these are explainable and some are very poorly understood. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/86 "2013-02-28T19:35:17Z")
Just noting two things: 1. This is the most awesome zombie thread ever. Extra points because two of the three TMI pics were still available after 5 years! 2. Morgellons is generally considered to be of psycho-somatic origins rather than physical causes. In other words, to be blunt - there are no threads or objects in the skins of Morgellons sufferers, but they really honestly THINK there are. Treatment is understandably difficult because of this, and to be frank, because mental health issues aren’t understood very well nor are they handled very well by modern society. ---
**Author:** ![Cymy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Cymy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cymy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/87 "2013-03-09T03:24:17Z")
I know this is a zombie thread, but since no one mentioned this possibility by name, I thought it might be relevant. Perhaps it is tufted folliculitis? [Tufted folliculitis - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_folliculitis) ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/88 "2013-03-09T18:45:14Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Just noting two things: > > 1. This is the most awesome zombie thread ever. Extra points because two of the three TMI pics were still available after 5 years! > > 2. Morgellons is generally considered to be of psycho-somatic origins rather than physical causes. In other words, to be blunt - there are no threads or objects in the skins of Morgellons sufferers, but they really honestly THINK there are. Treatment is understandably difficult because of this, and to be frank, because mental health issues aren’t understood very well nor are they handled very well by modern society. That, and because Morgellons proponents vehemently deny that it’s a form of delusional parasitosis. Their sites will include DP as a “common misdiagnosis.” ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/89 "2013-03-10T06:44:28Z")
Some years ago we were in the shower and my girlfriend felt something sharp sticking out of my lower back. I pulled it out. It had an opaque gelatinous sheath, not black like yours. I can only assume that it was a tiny piece of shrapnel from my infantry time in Viet Nam which I didn’t notice when I received it. There was other stuff that I needed to pay attention to at the time. Is your object ferrous ? (does it stick to a magnet) ? Were you ever in a war ? ---
**Author:** ![Gbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/90 "2013-03-10T13:06:23Z")
Looks just like a Pin Feather. Next time just provide an opening and let it grow. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/91 "2013-03-10T14:07:24Z")
I just noticed that the OP has not posted since about six months after starting this thread. Maybe the thing was in fact fatal? ---
**Author:** ![umdnj7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@umdnj7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umdnj7)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/92 "2015-11-22T20:35:29Z")
TWO of these were just found in my cheek. I just had this exact thing happen to me, but there were TWO 1mm thick hard fully sheathed follicls that came out, now i have a hole in the side of my cheek. Do you think you can repost your photos? The links dont seem to work any longer ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Poo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Poo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Poo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/93 "2015-11-23T02:58:35Z")
I was just about to complain about the links not working but noticed it was a post made in 2006. x\_x ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/94 "2015-11-23T15:35:56Z")
Sweet Double Zombie! I doubt the original posters will be able to re-create their images. Honestly I’m a bit shocked that any of them (clarified to mean the IMAGES, not the posters) were hanging around two years ago when this thing was zombified the first time around. As a side note, I was too lazy to hunt it up to post, but about a year ago I found one of these in my knee buried in scar tissue and thought of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/95 "2015-11-23T16:09:55Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t a coin implanted there? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/96 "2015-11-23T17:31:55Z")
You Tube has a gazillion videos of people doing this kind of thing, whether professionally or on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192/98 "2016-10-08T01:52:06Z")
Where were you ten years ago? Now it’s far too late. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192.md?page=4)