Why do I grow claws and horns?

A few years ago I had a bump on my arm. A few days after that I noticed a 1/16 inch spike coming out of my forearm. Grabbing the tweezers I pulled the culprit out. To have a nice 1 inch long claw, looking very similar to a full grown house cat’s claw.
Last week, I discovered another on my head, pulling it out produced another nice large spike. I have had others between the two, most are not as large or as long.
This is happening more often as I grow old and gray. In fact, some of the gray hair in my beard are touch enough they survive the electric razor and have to be removed with tweezers or other drastic measures.
The Horns and Claws related to the gray hair?

Thanks for answers in advance

Osip

Wait, April Fool’s?

I want a picture. :slight_smile:

Assuming you’re serious on 04/01/06 it’s rare, but ot unheard of, to have bone protrusions or spurs of various kinds coming off your skeleton or skull, but are you talking about incredibly thick & tough body/facial hairs or actually “bone” stuff?
CAN HUMANS GROW HORNS?

Demonic possession?

I am not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, BUT not ten minutes ago I was on a medical web site regarding actinic keratosis, which I have and have just been given some new gel to fix. And there was a picture of a keratosis that was a little spike - they even called it a horn! Hows that for coincidence? So I would suggest you see a dermatologist, failing that, a priest.

(Keratosis- Latin for little f-ing annoying bump - are not cancerous but can be precoursers to skin cancer. They are most common among fair skinned people who spent a lot of time in the sun.)

Thanks but after using the great and mighty google the photos attached to links about keratosis do not match… Mine grow like hairs with no redness around it.

They look like inch long hairs that are about 20 times thicker than normal.

How thick can a human hair grow?

savannah not an april fools joke. I actually had forgotten it was april 1 when I posted it.
silenus Granted I did post a GQ a few years ago about hearing voices. It was explained quite well by knowledgeable dopers.
So, I do not believe it is demonic possession.

If I start smelling brimstone… then I might worry about that.

Osip

Next time you get one have it checked by a doctor if you can. Never know if it is a sign of something potentially important health wise. How bad is the thick hair? Is it like a tooth brush bristle or much thicker?
I occasionally got tooth brush bristle like hairs when I wasn’t beardless, these did require plucking, and were always quite easy to pluck. Similarly the electric razor gave up on them, and they would get caught between the blades of my Mach 3 razor. They were easy enough to pull out using finger nails and never seemed to be heald tightly by the follicle. They did stop my beard being mice and soft changing it to scratchy, one of the reasons for my current beardlessness.