Anonymous wrote:Op here. So, there is nothing that I could buy to apply like cream/ointment or do?

Really now?

Anonymous wrote:My kid has his pencil stabbed in his hand, now there's a cm black mark on his hand. Is there anyway to remove it or make it lighter? I want to use a nail clipper to clip off the black skin, but DH tells to stop that stupid idea.

Why would anyone clip living skin? Who would do this?

I stabbed myself with a pencil in the palm of my hand in 2nd grade and it's still with me in my 50s. I view it as a part of my life and it's traveled with me. It's been interesting to see how it's moved across my palm as I have matured.

I did that to my face when I was in elementary school. It disappeared over some time.

According to a random Internet article, the appropriate way to remove a pencil stab induced graphite tattoo is like any other tattoo - with lasers.

I'm 48. I have it in my left arm from probably middle school.

Wow this is a fascinating thread and one of the many awesome things about DCUM. I am pretty old and my kids are HS/college but somehow I had no idea about pencil stabs. Until now, of course. Thank you OP and Jeff!!

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Anonymous wrote:Leave it alone and it will grow out.

Actually, it probably won't

Yep. I have a pencil stab mark in the palm of my hand, 35 yrs later! But who cares?

I still have pencil mark in my skin 30 years later. Sorry, it’s there to stay and embedded.

Knee, 1980, girl walking back down the aisle of desks from the pencil sharpener accidentally bumped into me.

I've had that black mark so long, I didn't even notice it anymore. This post made me actually go and look for it, and it's gone! I had to check both knees to be sure I was remembering the correct one.

So yeah, it did eventually go away, but it took 40+ years. No adverse effects, as far as I can tell.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. So, there is nothing that I could buy to apply like cream/ointment or do?

Good lord, no. My DH stabbed himself in the thigh when he was probably about 8. It's still there. He's 55. He's a productive adult.

Same, I have one on my knee. I'm 57.

Maybe try drawing salve.

I had no idea pencil marks could stay forever! I've stabbed myself before accidentally but I guess the lead always came out...

I have had the tip of a pencil in the palm of my hand for 40 plus years. Hasn't caused me any issues so far!

My sister still has the mark from probably 1983.

I wonder if soaking in salt water would draw it out enough to use a fine needle to get it out? A cm long is a big mark to have on the hand for life. Or see a dermatologist…

But especially for a boy, I wouldn’t worry too much about the scar. Things happen.