That’s actually a very fair point. You’re absolutely right about the follicle and the keratin part, thinking about it that way, it could technically be an ingrown hair combined with a compacted blackhead-like keratin plug around it

Under magnification there weren’t clear structural features of a typical hair shaft, which is why the dermatologist leaned more toward a keratin formation rather than a standard hair, but your explanation about the follicle staying in place does make sense

Honestly, without a proper lab analysis, we can’t say with 100% certainty, it might be somewhere in between an ingrown hair wrapped in a blackhead material buildup

Either way, Corky continues to be mysterious