Question

Why is the lead from a pencil still in my skin after being stabbed in the elbow in 6th grade?

Answer 1

Because the lead is not really made of lead, it's made of carbon, which not only reacts with your skin, but also forms a matrical structure that your skin will grow around..Exactly the same way that tattoos will stay in your skin. I have two stab marks from 20 years ago. Did you know that tattoo ink can be made using special inks and charcoal(which is made of carbon)

Answer 2

Because you didn't remove it. The pencil lead isn't going to remove itself or disolve.

Answer 3

I don't think there is actual "lead" in lead pencils anymore, so you should be fine. Next time your at the doctor ask him/her.

Answer 4

No idea, but I have lead in my knee from falling on a sharpened pencil 26 years ago. It has gotten lighter and i am probably the only one that notices it now.

Answer 5

I rolled over on a pencil in the second grade and got a little bit stuck in the skin of my ankle. I'm fine, you should be too.

Answer 6

My wife has the same thing in her hand. I know its not dangerous because they no longer make pencils out of lead. But I wonder why it won't dissolve or soak into your skin.. I'll do some research on this and add a new message to this. Keep an eye out for it.. . Well I though I could find more information than this but it seems that people really do not know how to remove it. And it is made out of Graphite not coal or lead or charcoal or any other thing. The reason the use Graphite is because test have shown that it is not dangerous to the human body. Some one must have had a child just like you and my wife. LOL. . . . Here is a web sight were a few other people had a discussion about it. http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog/life/_archives/2004/8/3/117908.html. . If I find any new info I will shoot it to you.

Answer 7

i dont know, but i still have a piece in my knee from 4th grade, and i am 22 now