the round things are the tiny white nubs (for lack of better name). I don't know for sure what they are below the surface - worms, cocoons, other? - all I see are little white nubs - as if a worm were slightly sticking it's head out of the flesh.
The "worm" is beneath the edge of the lesion. In the picture, the paisley shape is the skin covering the 'worm'. Actually, the distinction between the skin covering the worm and the surrounding skin is not so dramatic, though you can see a difference. Also, the skin covering is generally scar tissue, not normal skin. The scar tissue is all the way around the lesion as well. The scab which forms over the primary circle each day is indeed super tough. Much more resistant to penetration and tears. It is also more firmly connected to the skin. So the "worm" is not actually under the superscab, but adjacent/around it. |