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[pshaw_raven]

I was curious as to why I seem more prone to hair splinters than most people when I decided to Google it and this article popped up.

Not So Uncommon Cause of Foot Pain: Cutaneous Hair Splinter of the Sole

Being from the NIH, I thought they might have some special insight. I've been aware of hair splinters for years - I don't remember when I first learned about them, but being the type of person who goes barefoot almost all the time, and having lived with animals most of my life, I know what they are and how to treat them. A bit of hair just manages to get stuck into your skin and you can pull it out with tweezers. That's it. :)

I wonder if Fox doesn't get them because the skin on his soles is tougher than mine? But every few months I suddenly feel this weird foot pain, and if there's nothing obvious when I look, I like to get a flashlight and see if I can spot a stray hair. I had one last night while making dinner and it just got me thinking about it.

Comments

[foggynights]

I seem to get these on a similar basis as well, mixed in with hay splinters as well. I chalk it up to being barefoot a majority of the time surrounded by so many animals.

[cdayzee]

I got hair splinters more from our first dog than I did the second. Makes me miss them now that I don't get them.

[pshaw_raven]

It's weird how different animals have such different kinds of hair that this is more common with one than another. Though I think the splinters I'm getting may be my own hair.

[cdayzee]

I've not gotten a hair splinter from human hair before; so interesting!