I have a reaction to tick bites they often last for months but I have one that just won’t heal it’s been there since last May. It looked like a tiny bullet hole about as round as 14 ga wire in circle the size of a pen cap. It scabs over but never heals completely it’s reduced in size by half maybe but never goes away.

Anybody else deal with such a thing?

Yes. Seems it happens often to me as well. Get a partially embedded one or even a freshly attached one and it seems that a couple months minimum until the scab disappears. Sometimes 6 months or longer too.

Chris

Go to the doctor

Or man up, sharpen a pocket knife to a razor edge, sterilize it, find a stick to bite and do a little exploratory surgery

Every time I have had something that would not heal it was because there was something in there keeping it irritated

I have a lot of cysts like that, from thorns in my legs, from busting brush for rabbits, quail and pheasants. Cutting them out deep often works well to remove them, but some still come back. The mouth part from the tick is likely still in the wound.

Keith

I dig them out often but this one’s a no go tried several times I used my sliver pin several times I just find the hole and it starts all over again. It’s not tender or oozing just a crusty scab.

Not that I would recommend this sort of behavior but I agree I have rid myself of the occasional issue in the same fashion, solved a planters wart situation on my foot several years ago

I had something like that on my shoulder. Turned out to be cancer. I did the stick/sharp knife method and had it cut out. Good as new, now. Lol

Same here!! Starting to look like I wrestle Porky's for a living!!

Wife had a completely embedded tick around her waistline many years ago. Doctor dug it out.

We did not know it was a tick bite.

Cauterizing time it is.

Quit picking at it.

You ain’t the boss of me! LOL tried it both ways the progress is slow.

I had a tick bite in my ear lobe that periodically would swell up with puss. It lasted about 15 years.

Hit it with Neosporin every day.

no, never had this, hopefully never do

Yes, all the time. have had a few bites that lasted well over a year. average maybe a dozen to 15 bites a year. some itch terribly some hardly at all, think i have tried all the over counter salves etc. Doctors have never been any help.

Me either
Go to a good Doctor

I've got some tick bite scars on my legs that are up tp 2 years old. Just scars not scabby though.
I get a bite reaction almost immediately, Pick off the tick clean it up and put antibiotic cream on them but they persist on itching for weeks and always scars...
These are mostly dog ticks and nymphal deer ticks.

I have a small hole in my side right now Im dealing with from a tick from two weeks ago.Not near as big as yours though.Also have a scar on my chest from one from over a year ago.Remove tick then flush good with alcohol.Then antibiotic ointment and a bandaid.Keeping a bandaid on helps the ointment heal and also keeps you from scratching at the bite.Wont hurt to talk to your doctor about some Doxycycline also.Any other cuts or wounds heal up quickly on me.Just something about them tick bites.

I would get it looked at- nonhealing scabs can be a leading indicator of melanoma- getting tested for other tick-borne diseases would also be reassurance.

I had something like that below my eye, sore that kept scabbing over. Turned out to be basal cell carcinoma. Had it removed by a dermatologist. No problem since.

I have one of those on the left cheek of my butt. I can't see it well enough to get at it to do serious digging, or I would dig out whatever is in there. It has bugged me now for about a year and a half. It will almost heal and then get irritated and itchy all over again. I'm sure it is an imbedded tick or tick head. I have tried the knife tip but can't see and manipulate enough to get it done. Girlfriend doesn't want to operate on it either.