Some gross thing has burrowed into my skin....

[Bellaisoneluckywoman]

This is rather nasty, but hoping someone might be able to help. I spotted some tiny bug like thing - blackish - that had burrowed into my inner thing. I got tweezers and yanked on the 'legs' that were sticking out, but there is still something under the skin. The body? Just. Vile..... I had a gouge about with a safety pin, but think it's still there. Put a bit of TCP. Anyone know what it might be - and what on earth I can do about it? Apologies if I've made anyone feel unwell......

Go to your GP. They can often cut it out like a boil if it’s just below the surface

A tick? You need to get it all out.

Inner thigh? Ouch if you actually meant ‘thing’

Are you absolutely sure it wasn’t an ingrown hair?

A tick would have been like a small bean, unless it had been broken off maybe?

What happens if you squeeze it? Or try and tweeze out the remains?

Tbh unless you were wearing short shorts and sitting in long grass a tick wouldn’t get as far as your inner thigh.

OP we need photos.

You cant tease us like this and not provide photos!

Picsssssssss

Photo?

Sounds like a tick

If its a tick its really important that you get it all out.

Ticks are not tiny though?

OMG my worse fear

Sounds like a tick- this is how it looked when my dog had one. Due to the area possible it's a pubic louse.

Sounds like a tick. Once on your body they are mobile and will move to dark, warm places. You need to get the whole thing out otherwise you risk an infection and/or Lyme disease.

www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/about-ticks/

www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/657879/tick-extracted-from-thigh-video/amp

Oh God.... I think it might be a tick. Thought only dogs got them. How to treat? Can't go to GP (surgery closed anyway). Wonder if a chemist would know what to do... Will try to send photo of what 's left - if you're sure you want to see it....

F5, F5, F5, F5, F5...

Seek medical attention your doctor is still available ring them

Definitely want to see it. Tbh at this time I would boil a razor blade and cut it out myself and be VERY careful to keep it clean etc afterwards but that's terrible advice.

ticks don't burrow under skin into flesh but attach themselves to the outside and engorge on blood. We need a pic

Shamelessly following to find out what it is.

Op you must post a pic so we can see.

If it is a tick it needs removing ASAP.

I need to see it to make a full diagnosis !

Are you sure it isn't an ingrown hair OP?
I suffer with these & they do sometimes cause like a sort of boil under the skin sometimes....

It sounds like a tick. They can carry Lyme disease and the risks increase the longer a bit of it remains in the skin. You need to see a nurse.

My daughter had one in her face when she was a toddler. It was bloody awful to get the damn thing out.