Here's a funny one for the amateur doctors amongst you ...

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I have a tickling feeling on a small patch of my scalp, that comes and goes but is always in exactly the same place. It feels like there's an insect crawling around in my hair right at the roots but ... honestly ... there's nothing there. Been going on for a week or two now.

Any ideas ?

I was the exact same the night before last!! So wierd I felt like something was biting and itching me. not had it since tho ... touch wood

nits?

Dry scalp?

Death watch beetle?

Plague or leprosy - I googled for you.

Brain maggots?
urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-brainworms.htm

Sorry but NO WAY I am going to look at the link about brain maggots .

I don't think its plague, Kurri - no fever .

Must be leprosy then!

Shave the area around it and selloptape a piece of bacon to your baldy bit. If it is a worm it will be tempted by the aroma and you can dig the rest of it's body out when it comes to feed. If you don't have a parasite, you will attract passing builders. It's a win win situation.

HA HA HA at Kreecher!

I have exactly the same thing! So strange. This is going to sound even weirder but does it happen more just before your period?

So surprised that someone else gets this too.

I think it is a ghost running its fingers through your hair

Bot-fly larvae.

lice

Could it be this?

Formication

I think it can sometimes be triggered by hormonal fluctuations (apparently a symptom of menopause?).

Fornication just seems so much better