carpet beetles under scalp?

[buggy37]

I have found carpet beetles and shampooed the carpets plus bagged and sprayed everything. I told the landlord and he acts oblivious like always. My hair started to itch and get crunchy like the carpet was getting before I shampooed it. It also is getting black when I have brown hair. I have bites on my scalp big ones that are hard limps that hurt and itch all in a group. I can see black bugs come out in the shower some times. When I go to the doctor they see nothing and thing I am crazy. I think this is because I just moved here so no one knows me and no one knows that my hair is not this black or course! He says that it is. He also says that I just have a lumpy scalp. No because I went through chemo and I have a smooth scalp. It is my body so I think I know. I hate when doctors try to tell me what my body looks like when I have been living in it all of my life. My question is because from a research stand point carpet beetles hide under flooring (carpet and linoleum or wood) and come up to feed, can or would they ever do this on a human's scalp because research says they do eat hair? It even states that taxidermists use them sometimes to get the hair off of animals. I can get my hair soft only briefly with olive oil or lavender lotion and lots of rubbing but then it is not more than an hour before starting from those bumps the hair gets all stiff and crunchy again. I am so scared. I already went through breast cancer and just want to be healthy. I am moving and hope things will be better but fear this infestation is on me! IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE DOCTORS WILL EVEN LOOK INTO THIS! I do have an appointment with a dermatologist and took some bugs into an entimamologyst at the university.


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[Debrelle]

I have the same problem i also am infected with carpet beetles, i had 3 different exterminators come into my home to identify my bug problem, and they all said that in no way shape or form do these bugs even crawl on humans my 17 year old daughter thought i was going insane and phoned the cops on me and i was taken to the physc ward. They saw that i was infected with bugs and thought it was scabies and gave me a scrip for cream and then it was back again so i knew it wasnt that plus scabies leave leasions and line marks on the skin i did not have that. 3 people live in my home and no one else gets bit.but it is so bad on me and in me in my nipples vagina and inside my body under my skin i can see a clump under my skin move about as i blow dry hot heat on my body. it sickens me my daughter moved out. I have a micro scope now and i have shown my roommate the bugs larvea and she knows now i am telling the truth. Tomorrow i see my doctor and i hope like hell he can help me. This has been going on since August and both my littledogs are so itchy and sick and i feel so bad for them. I buiy lavender essential pure oil and put drops in all lotion and all shampoos and cream rinses. This helps keep them at bay.Windex sprayed all over the furniture and carpets kills them its the amonia. Also Borax take a large spice shaker and make the holes bigger with a knife fill it with Borax and shake the **** all over the carpet and the cracks of the walls meet floors and i mean solid white covering all carpet buy boxes of the **** put sheets down to walk on. As soon as the Borax touches one of those little ******* it cracks their skeletor backs and they die instantly. If you have any advise for me please help, i am going crazy, and i cant kill myself i want to live plus my kids dad already did that. I need help.

[AnnieE11]

My name is Annie from Phoenix az I'm going crazy with these carpet nettles under my skin can you help me . In about ready to commit suiside .. I've spent all my money I've been to sever donors and hospitals they think I'm crazy please someone help me  

[Memosatch]

Have you gotten any answers or help with these critters yet? I am very interested as I myself have similar problems. Please contact me.

[Noelle82]

Sulfur shampoo, sulfur and MSM cream, zinc cream, tea tree oil, cortisone cream, hepa filters, vacuuming every day, lint rollers, diatomaceous earth, Fulvic acid, vinegar,
caterpillar bacteria and keen green… Don’t use harsch chemicals or bleach it will only make it worse. Stay healthy eat well and take mineral supplements.

I’m almost free of them after a month of intense battle.They gave me and my dog severe allergies and skin irritations. ( I’m using dog sulfur parasite shampoo)
Veterinary formula found on amazon.

I believe It’s a micro moth which has become resistant to common pest control products

[TanyaTiffany]

Me and and my 1 year old and 3 year old are infested all over body, in our hair and I honestly can’t handle it anymore. Everyone thinks I’m crazy. I’m also 8 months pregnant.

Need help!!! Did you get rid of it? I moved into a hotel and now am trying to battle this nightmare to try and get rid of if it.... please anyone tell me what to do!!!!!

[Paxiled]

Well, first you need to go see a doctor to find out what you actually have.  It could be bedbugs.  It could be some other kind of biting insect.  But until you get a diagnosis you can't know how to proceed.  If it is your home, there are inspectors who come in and look to see what kind of infestation you have and how to get rid of it if that's possible, but again, first you need to have an expert look at the bites and see what they look like.

[cursed1]

Doctors are no help.  They do not know it is fungus, and prescribe antibiotics which intensifies the symptoms.

Valley Fever is prevalent in Southern USA and California.  

[Puuhasane]

Hello!  I have noticed that museum beetles live in my hair.  Do you have any advice on how to get rid of them?

[Damruth]

I had the same thing and it’s not carpet beetles it’s super bed bugs, if you have the tiny black and white dots everywhere it’s baby bed bugs and they get under your scalp and skin. I have used ACV all over my body, alcohol with my shampoo, sulfur soap and about to get my apartment bed bug fumigated to hopefully get rid of them! They are horrible!

[Ts1202_]

Hi. I truly feel your pain. I got sick in November of 2019. I've gone back and forth between thinking that I had a fungal infection or a parasite. I no longer have a family doctor and I can't get anyone to help me or listen to what I'm saying. They all say that I mental I have also been put in mental hospital several times and given psych drugs for this. Why won't the doctors do their jobs? They say they have science backing them will what about all of us people here that have the same problem. Carpet beetles do burrow into your skin. My dog also has it I believe that's how I became infested with it because he sleeps with me and I must have had an open sore or something on my head. I had proof took it to the doctor and they basically called me a liar said that I did not get the bug from my head I have larvae running through my body now my skin on my hands and feet are getting thick I have fluid build up swollen lymph nodes I've had to cut my hair off three times now and I can't get help anywhere I'm in terrible pain. I'm at a loss I don't know where to turn to anymore I am so sick of doctors treating me like I'm a crazy person. I had a culture scraping done 4 a fungal when I thought it was fungal infection but the doctor said she did see spores and then I was right and I was so relieved and thankful someone finally seen what I was talking about but then today she told me that I had seborrheic dermatitis which I have none of those symptoms. I also had a biopsy and it hasn't come back yet I'm praying to God that it shows something because I am not crazy and I did not lie about where I got the bug. I have black stuff that moves through my hair my scalp is very Fraulein sometimes the hair is wrapped around very tight with something inside strands and if I try to put medicine on it it locks down and glues to my head. I've been given a small dose of fluconazole and Ivermectin and neither one seemed to work. I sent pictures today and they called me back and said that they were too blurry and they couldn't see anything wrong and I just can't believe how a professional Dermatology has can look at the pictures I had and tell me they don't see anything or that it looks normal that's what crazy! I'm going to lose the job I have now because I'm in too much pain I feel like my spleen is enlarged from trying to fight the parasite I have a burning stinging stuff that comes out of my head and runs down my neck and back and blisters it. How is that delusional that we all are having the same delusion? I'm 52 years old and I just don't know how much longer I can fight this I'm so worried about my dog I need to get him help and I've taken him to the vet and they say the same thing pretty much that I'm a mental case and there's nothing wrong with him I don't understand why this is happening. I am really scared though. My head is getting a lot of soft spots in it and it feels really buggy and I just feel like they're eating away at my scalp and there's going to be nothing left of it I have larvae coming out everywhere and I can't get anybody to hear me or help me it's like I've been living in this nightmare and can't wake up. I don't know where to turn to if anybody out there has any advice please please share. I hope all of us can find help soon because this is not the way to live it has consumed my life I can't hardly stand it anymore

[Belga]

Has anyone expereinced permanent hair loss, or was there re-growth once you moved to a safer location?

[sqrlbite]

I would also look between the mattresses where the seams are!! Also try the lice remover kit and see if that helps!