How do you remove a splinter?

[Faithless]

Got on in the palm of my hand.

[younggiftedandblack]

If it's still sticking out part way just use some twizzers and yank it out.

[Faithless]

Tried the tweezers. It's under the skin.

We tried using a thin sewing needle, yesterday, and after digging a trench in my palm, you'd think it was plucked.

Nope. Still there.

[537]

Fundamental First Aid!

Sterilize a needle, and dig the sucker out you sissy! If it's not particularly deep, just wash your hands and get on with your life. If the puncture is pretty fleshy, cleanse with an antiseptic, then apply an antibiotic ointment and bandage.

Recently, I suffered from a very deep gash in my fingertip. I was bleeding a lot and ran to a sink to wash the wound. It wouldn't stop bleeding, so I just applied a big glob of Neosporin to the wound and it acted like a sealant. Then I just wrapped it up in gauze. Two weeks later, the wound has been closed (for well over a week actually), but it still hurts a little. Hopefully I won't need to have it amputated. If I do, disregard my advice on the splinter.

[thaite]

when all else fails

[SunWuKong]

it's a lost cause. i'm afraid you'll have to cut your hand off.

Originally Posted by thaite

when all else fails

personally, i prefer this.

[Faithless]

Originally Posted by SunWuKong

it's a lost cause. i'm afraid you'll have to cut your hand off.

personally, i prefer this.

I love the name of the filename for the url -- chinwarswor.html.

Puh. Too cheap to afford a "d" at the end.

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Originally Posted by 537

Fundamental First Aid!

Sterilize a needle, and dig the sucker out you sissy! If it's not particularly deep, just wash your hands and get on with your life. If the puncture is pretty fleshy, cleanse with an antiseptic, then apply an antibiotic ointment and bandage.

Recently, I suffered from a very deep gash in my fingertip. I was bleeding a lot and ran to a sink to wash the wound. It wouldn't stop bleeding, so I just applied a big glob of Neosporin to the wound and it acted like a sealant. Then I just wrapped it up in gauze. Two weeks later, the wound has been closed (for well over a week actually), but it still hurts a little. Hopefully I won't need to have it amputated. If I do, disregard my advice on the splinter.

Once I had a dime sized piece of metal stuck in my hand.

I tried to pull apart the skin to dig out the metal, but couldn't.

[hooligan]

use a credit card, find out how it got in and push it out. avoid digging at it with a needle.

[kitty]

I've always used needles meself. I'm too chicken so sometimes I get someone else to do it. It's better than letting it stay there. I once had a splinter so deep I swear it went all the way to the bone.

[deez nuts]

use a nail clipper and grab it an angle.

[sandra]

i usually just peel off all the skin on top. it's painful, but it's a lot quicker and i'm impatient.

[AngryABCGirl]

just rip that little sucker out

[pfc beansprout]

u better get it taken care of too....i got one in the back of my elbow, tried to get it out as much as possible (hard as fuck to do)....well..i didn't...began to swell...and get hot...and hurt....yeah..it got infected...had to go to doc's to have him clean it out and got some nice antibiotics too....make sure u take care of it and not ignore it....i now got a nice scar on my right elbow from it....

[mr. x]

i read somewhere a good method is to put glue on the offending area, wait for it to dry, then peel the glue, popsicle style

[Faithless]

Originally Posted by mr. x

i read somewhere a good method is to put glue on the offending area, wait for it to dry, then peel the glue, popsicle style

Hope you didn't try that, because it sounds like you could get the glue into the wound.

I think I'm going with the needle, because this link says so:

http://tips.tipking.com/health/tip_494.shtml