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I got stabbed with a pencil on my hand and now there is a big grey mark there. should i be concerned?
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Only if inflamed: Watch for signs of inflammation or infection: swelling, redness, warming and pain around the spot. Otherwise, it is likely that the grey skin discoloration will linger for a while until the graphite is cleared by your foreign-body fighting cells (macrophages)
Answered 5/8/2016
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