9 replies to this topic

[racingbob]

i read putting a epsom salts paste on and a plaster

 

and it pulled it out over nite, tried needle before but painful

 

[rally1380]

How deep is it in?  If not that deep I get a clean scalpel blade and cut the skin above it so I can flick it out easier......needle always hurts me too!!!

[sonikk4]

I dig them out with either a pin or a baby leatherman blade. Stanleys finest blades often come into play as well. No point in fannying around, dig the bugger out.

[sledgehammer]

sometimes a wipe in the right direction with coarse sand paper drags the splinter out as well

 

tiny ones are the worst

 

a bright light over it , helps when digging for it

[racingbob]

came out overnite so i now know if difficult to get out

 

i was suprised to see it sitting on the plaster

 

was in right finger and live by myself

[Scousemouse]

probably all that jerking loosened it up

[Cooperman]

It's when you get a small splinter in the eye you are in trouble (been there, done that - twice!).

 

Sometimes a magnet will pull a steel splinter out if it is not too deeply embedded.

[sledgehammer]

It's when you get a small splinter in the eye you are in trouble (been there, done that - twice!).

 

Sometimes a magnet will pull a steel splinter out if it is not too deeply embedded.

 

worst thing ever - esp when it rusts

 

I had one ground out with a tiny hand grinder a nurse used - it wasn't as bad as it sounds

 

and of course she was the prettiest nurse in the hospital - always are when your eye is running like a tap & you are covered in dirt

[neal]

I had one ground out with a tiny hand grinder a nurse used - it wasn't as bad as it sounds
 
and of course she was the prettiest nurse in the hospital
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On that bombshell......I'm off to bed, thanks Sledgehammer

Edited by neal, 05 November 2016 - 11:37 PM.

[M J W J]

I had two this week.

I usually resort to the lancet needle used in my diabetes finger pricker thing.

Best thing is that the needles are sterile up until I break the cap open so there is less chance of ever getting an infection.