Patients with mysterious skin fibres have long been called delusional. A Canadian researcher wants to change that


It begins with the sensation, head to toe, of ants crawling on his skin, followed weeks later by a sudden outburst of lesions across the body.

Then, the fibres – red, black, white, sometimes, even a bright blue or purple metallic shade – start protruding from the wounds.



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