Help

HI I'm 37 and I don't have a picking problem but I didn't know where else to turn.. My husband was rubbing my back and right in the middle where my spine is there was about a finger width in size patch of What he thought was hairs and if you touched them it felt like a splinter the pain was horrible..I told him to try and get them out so he did and omg it was unbearable.. But they look like little pieces of splinter wood and one looked like a twisted piece of fiber he had the hardest time getting them out cause it hurt so bad felt like needles in my back and still does please help me I have pictures I can show thank you for your time