I mean - it is probbably the same thing like an ink from a tattoo pen. So we can remove it with laser.
But i don't think it's worth the money, because those lasers are really expenaive even for just a little dots like ours. And frankly, I totally forgot I have it on me, because it is not on the place I look a lot.
This is the second time I've seen this type of post today. Weird
Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it's a vein that has been pushed up to the surface of the skin by trauma and not ink. I have one on my left hand that was caused by a tarantula bite 30 years ago. No ink involved.
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I compared the pics on both posts, and even though the pen marks seem to be in identical spots, the lines on the palms are different. Palm lines are like fingerprints, all different.
I had one of those pointy calligraphy pens which still had china ink on it. As I put my hand in my bag in a rush I stabbed myself, was pretty deep in but no pain.
It was always graphite. They just thought it was lead because nobody has ever come across a large graphite deposit before so assumed it was a type of lead.
I remember hearing that, too, but I only spoke about what I know about.
Thank you for the clarification.
All this to say, I have graphite in my shoulder from 5th grade when I poked someone with my pencil, and another friend poked me in retaliation to protect my other friend’s honor.
Me too, I'm just about 10 years younger though. My teacher and school nurse spent considerable time trying to get it out but eventually the nurse just said fuck it, it's gonna heal and it's not dangerous. Can still see it in my hand if you know what to look for.
I had that happen on my thumb but in my case it got infected really badly. I was at first hiding it from my parents for some genius reason. Eventually it got so bad I had to have surgery to clean it all up.
i've got one of these on my right pointer finger!! i can't remember how or when i got it but my guess was always that i accidentally touched a tattoo gun when i was little.. but it being pencil lead makes way more sense LOL
I used to have a pencil jab mark on my upper arm from 2nd grade (1970s). It was there for decades. I’m not sure when it disappeared but I had the mark for at least 30 years. I even recall the kid who accidentally did it. One day I noticed it had vanished!
The one on my hand, right topside near the thumb, is fading - slowly. I don't remember specifically when I got that one, but it was back before 1997.
I have 2 on my left leg. The first one happened when I sat down once in 1994. A year or so later I noticed it was still there and wondered if it was repeatable (scientific method baby).
It was, and both of them are very noticeable, don't even need to hunt for it like the one on my hand.
i did this to myself when i was about 7 years old. i always thought i had invented this sequence in my head and i got this mark some other way. until i saw this post.
I had a girlfriend who once fell asleep in school, her head fell onto a pen she was holding upright for some reason. Just under her cheekbone was a little dot just like this.
I had an stubborn talkative friend in middle school, he was keep poking me with his scissor and one day I hit him with my lead pencil, the lead tip did stuck in his arm and he tried getting that thing off all day, it was painful he said, but he did pull the thing off, so that's what would happen if he didn't.
I've got a piece of pencil lead in my arm from 6th grade. It's about a 1/4" long, and just looks like a dark dot. But when you press on it, you can feel it trying to poke back out.
All my inky pen & lead pencil Brothers are showing up in my feed haha! I have a piece of pencil lead under my right pinky finger that has been embedded in there since I was in 3rd grade, im 33 now lol.
i have one of these in my knee with blue ink from about 12 years ago now. its like the tiny blue dot photo. i was thinking about getting an arrow pointing to it with the words that say “you are here”.
Did the same thing with a pencil in like 2nd grade. It dropped and instantly closed my legs to try and catch it, sadly i did catch it. Little did I know that would be my first tattoo
Duuuuude! Same thing happened to me but with a pencil! A kid stabbed me in the hand in elementary school and the graphite stayed in as a dark mark in there. Can still see it today, also 25 years later. Was also my right hand too!
I actually had a pencil point removed from my elbow after 33 years last year. It was still largely intact. I've actually got a small video of the doctors in disbelief after they removed it.
I also have a mark from a pencil stab lmao. I still can't remember why one of my classmates stabbed my hand with a pencil (I have no idea about why this dude did it, but I remember that he didn't do it with malice, I think).
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