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Lots of loose hairs growing in my skin + other mystery debris.

I have a very strange issue that has been plaguing me for years now. I have a lot of debris in my skin, the majority of it being loose hairs. Kind of like ingrown hairs, they do form tiny bubbles sometimes. I can flick at my skin almost anywhere on my body and a tiny black spec will come out most of the time. I can get hundreds of them out of just a single finger. When I look at them under my microscope, they are always hairs. I thought I had some kind of parasite infection going on, but have never seen anything but hairs, well except just a few minutes ago. If I work on an area of skin long enough, after all the hairs come out (and sometimes the hairs will "untangle" out of the knot at they can be as long as 5 inches, but usually they are 1/2 to 1 inches long) some white crap will start coming out. It is usually sticky goop like substance, which makes me think it's some kind of fungal infection, but I don't know if there is any kind of fungus that makes a ton of hairs like this. I have many pictures of all the various debris. The latest thing I got to come out after hours of working on a small section of skin was hard as a rock. It was white/clear, very hard, with a single hair protruding out of it. I have several pictures of it. It kind of looks like an insect egg of some sort. It was quite big for the hole it came out of (I'm assuming a pore). In one of the pictures it looks like a wing with veins running through it inside the "egg". At one point I found a web page that talked about Morgellons (which this is not, I have no sensations of crawling or anything and no sores and the hairs are either black or clear/white) and it suggested that people who are experiencing it have Myiasis. Now I did have a ton of flies come up out of the sewer and were all over my condo. I spent hours and hours killing them all and I know they were landing on me a lot. I don't know what kind of fly they were, they were small and nothing I had seen before. I have nearly all of the symptoms of Myiasis as well. I don't know what the hairs have to do with it exactly, can't remember what the website said about them but there was a connection. Until I removed this "thing" from my skin awhile ago I highly doubted I had this Myiasis, even though the symptoms do fit. I can send someone the pictures or I can post them to a site and provide a link to them if anyone is willing to help me figure out what the hell is going on here. I've been to dermatologists and other doctors but they do not take me seriously. They give me a drug test and won't even examine my skin. Other people have seen the debris coming out of my skin and like I said I have tons of pictures of the stuff. I guess the doctors get a lot of meth heads who see bugs on their skin and such but that is not what is happening here! Please help if you have any idea or want more info, please reply.
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I recently watched a documentary on Morgellons Disease. Patients have weird filaments under their skin.  It's called "Skin Deep: Fight Morgellons".  It's worth a look.
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How have you been doing with this?  
I have the same situation. I’m curious. If you see this response please let’s compare notes.
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Have you been to a dermatologist?  I'd do this.  They may be able to really help you.  There is something called sebaceous filament.  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sebaceous-filaments  If your body is producing too much sebum, these filaments can fill up and it can look  like you describe when you squeeze it out. A doctor would know from examining you and I'm just guessing. But let me know what you think of this information
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Hello~I would suggest seeing a doctor that specializes in fungi issues and even parasites. It would appear to me that you have a type of parasitic infection and possibly fungus issue as well.

I also suggest maybe seeing a Naturopath, they won't ignore you like some MD's will, they will take you serious, take a thorough history, and then prescribed tests needed and supplements and other items that will help with what you are going through.

I hope you feel better soon and get the help you are looking for.
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