Fungus? Parasite? Bacteria? Symptoms On Hair Posted: 10-14-06 00:29am
Quite a long time ago, I noticed a strange
kind of yellow sheath around my armpit
hairs. It was only in one armpit and
that armpit seemed more prone to smell of
body odor, so I assumed it was a normal
thing. I assumed that it was the
normal kind of bacteria that causes body
odor, and so I shaved my armpits and when
showering gave them extra attention.
They sometimes appear on my other armpit
and recently i've found them on my crotch!
Due to the nature of the skin there,
shaving is out of the question. I
must find out what this is and how to get
rid of it.
Individual hairs will have something like
a sheath. A hard white-ish,
yellow-ish layer wrapped around it,
usually beginning at the bottom of the
hair and going all the way to the top.
It isn't very thick, it barely doubles
the thickness of a single hair. It's
not perfectly smooth but kind of ringed
like a stack of tires would be. If I
grab it with my nails usually (but not
always) the hair will come out before the
resin or whatever it is will come off.
I've gone to numerous health sites
looking for similar symptoms but i've been
able to find nothing. What is this?
Is it normal? How can I get rid of
it? I would be quite content to
simply find out what it's called so I
could do some research about it, but if
anyone can suggest a treatment i'd be very
pleased.
