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morkalork 3 hours ago

The author of the book Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You had a story like that; he managed to pick up a parasitic fly infection while abroad and had to convince health care workers to cut out the larvae from under his skin.

coryrc an hour ago | parent [-]

Botfly. Don't cut, they dig deeper.

The proper solution is a thick layer of petroleum jelly over your skin. The larva has to come up to breathe eventually (~hours). Use tweezers and grab it. Gross, but perfectly safe.

codethief 25 minutes ago | parent [-]

There are great YouTube videos documenting this process btw. :-)