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Weird hole with black dot in my leg?
So I have a small hole in my skin and it has a black dot in it. It seems to be kind of solidish and it's really creeping me out. Please help. It might just be skin but I'm not too sure. It has happened before and is always on my legs.
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Sounds like a blackhead to me. Blackheads and whiteheads are caused by sebum oils your body produces that are trapped around a hair follicle and dead skin gets mixed with it. It can continue to grow over time so it stretches the pore opening enough for air to get in. When air gets in, it oxidizes the trapped stuff and turns it from white to grey or black. Thats why it appears as a small hole because the pore got stretched out. Once a pore is stretched out, it tends to refill over time with more sebum and dead skin cells. There are nose strips with a very sticky adhesive that pharmacies sell for applying to the nose to remove blackheads as its a very common place for them to gather. You might try using a strip like to remove a blackhead once you notice it anywhere on your body.
Here's a site that tells how to prevent it
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The dermatologists say that scrubbing the skin to remove dead skin cells doesn't help and could irritate the skin. Heck skin can be irritated even from wearing wool if not used to it. I say it wouldn't hurt to use something in the shower or bath that has some scrubbing action to clean yourself, whether its the actual cleaners with scrubbing particles in it, or a loofah sponge. I once had someone gift me a 'Japanese washcloth'. It was the best bath wash cloth ever, had a just rough enough surface to slough off dead skin but was gentle enough to not irritate. I have never found one in my own searches. If I were you, I would try bath and body type shops and check to see what bath scrubbers are sold and keep trying til you find something that works. I can't recommend that the next is a good idea but works for me just in case you can not find a skin scrubber you are happy with. Every once in a while, I take a long hot soak in a tub til my skin is very soft and then I have used one of those brand new white teflon scrubbing cloths that are for dishes but use it on my skin in the bath. You would have to be very careful to not apply too much pressure in scrubbing and irritate or be too abrasive on your skin. It works great for me for an occasional tougher total body scrub.
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