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Small, hard, white hair

Today I found a very short, very hard, white hair toward the front of my head. I have felt similar hairs before, but being in the back of my head I could never see them. It was not painful to touch it, but it was annoying so I pulled it our with some tweezers. Now it hurts just a little bit. Kind of like something poked the top of my head.

After I pulled it out, it was about a 1/4 of an inch long. It looks like it is made out of a fingernail, and it is hard like fingernail material. I noticed many other people have these, but no one seems to know what they are. It is not attached to any other hair. It has its own follicle. Any ideas?
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Save it and go to the Doctor ,strange things have happened to people .the Doctor will help you.God bless you and keep prayer number one.
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Sounds like a possible keriten build up in a pore.
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