How to pull a splinter out from under the skin. Removing a splinter without pain: various extraction methods

If the splinter is not pulled out, the finger will fester.

A splinter is a foreign body that has fallen under the skin. It is metal, glass, but most often wooden. It is often difficult to get it, especially if it has settled deep under the skin and the tip is not visible. We will find out what will happen if you do not pull the splinter out of your finger. Are the consequences really that bad?

The splinter causes a lot of trouble. Even if it is shallow and can be seen through the skin, the damaged area hurts a lot. It hurts even to touch the finger, not to mention getting the splinter out with a needle. Because of the fear of pain, the question arises whether the splinter can come out of the skin on its own.

Without your help, the splinter itself will not come out. If you do not immediately notice it, over time, the damaged area swells and hurts.

It can be hoped that the splinter will come out by itself only in two cases:

It is small and shallow under the skin, then after suppuration, the foreign body comes out with pus. Sometimes the splinter still needs to be pulled up by the tip with tweezers to get it out of the finger.
Spread the damaged area overnight with Vishnevsky ointment, ichthyol ointment or Vitaon. These funds will pull the foreign body out.

It is advisable to pull out the splinter during the day, otherwise pus accumulates under the skin the next day

In both cases, we are talking about a wooden splinter. Metal, glass and other foreign bodies must be removed with a needle and tweezers. Sometimes surgery is required.

If the splinter is stuck deep, so that it is not even visible, or it hits the heel, then it will not come out on its own.

Do I need to get a splinter

You need to pull out a splinter in any case. If it is impossible to do this on your own, then you should seek the help of a surgeon.

The doctor in a few minutes will even get a splinter that is stuck deep

Do not think about whether you need to get a splinter. Immediately pulling out a foreign body is easier and less painful than after a while. If a foreign body remains under the skin, it begins to decompose, and this causes a lot of unpleasant symptoms. The consequences are much worse than the pain of removing a splinter.

What happens if you don't touch the splinter

The consequences are unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous to health. With a splinter, an infection always gets under the skin, which spreads to all living tissues.

Complications

So what happens if you don't get a splinter:

the damaged area swells and turns red;
a splinter abscesses, inflammation develops and pus collects under the skin;
finger hurts.

Such symptoms always appear when the foreign body is not removed in time.

If the splinter festered, then there is an infection in the wound. Symptoms of infection may not appear immediately. Sometimes only on the third day pain appears, and then the finger breaks.

Important. If the splinter is not in the finger, but in the foot, then when walking, the foreign body is driven deep into the skin. As a result, the wound does not heal, and the area of suppuration becomes larger.

In the photo you can see the consequences of a splinter.

Finger aches and hurts a lot

If the splinter sits deep, and the inflammatory process has already begun, it is removed surgically. A small incision is made on the finger to remove the foreign body, disinfect and treat the wound.

Possible threats

The consequences of a splinter are quite dangerous:

blood poisoning;
gangrene;
tetanus infection.

What is dangerous about a splinter is that it can even lead to death if a person is not provided with medical assistance on time.

In any case, a foreign body is a source of infection. If it is under the skin for a long time, then the bacteria cause not only suppuration and inflammation, but also blood poisoning. There is a need to fight for human life.

Sepsis in most cases leads to gangrene

Even more dangerous than wood, metal and glass splinter. A piece of glass can damage not only soft tissue, but also nerve endings. The pain in this case is unbearable. It is undesirable to take it out on your own, because with one wrong move you can crumble a foreign body. I'll have to go to the surgeon and cut my finger.

The consequences of a metal splinter in the finger are similar to a wooden foreign body. It's a bug and an infection. Since the metal quickly rusts, the inflammation from a splinter develops faster. The inflammatory process spreads to the entire finger, and the infection enters the blood much faster. A metal splinter can also become overgrown with skin and remain forever in the finger.

The video in this article talks in more detail about all the consequences of a splinter.

What to look out for

After removing the splinter, you need to observe the damaged area. Normally, it should look like this:

the wound does not fester;
no swelling;
there is no pain.

The wound must be treated with the disinfectant Chlorhexidine or Miramistin, and the wound healing agent Levomekol for a few more days after the removal of the splinter.

If there are complications from a splinter, you must follow the steps in the instructions.

What does it look like	Symptoms	Actions
	An abscess from a splinter does not go away even after the removal of a foreign body	There is an infection in the wound that needs to be killed with antibiotics. You need to see a doctor if the body temperature rises, and the damaged area turns red and inflamed. These are all symptoms of an infection.
	A bump appeared after a splinter	You need to see a doctor. There are several reasons. A part of a foreign body could remain or is it accumulated pus. A splinter can become overgrown with skin, and then you can’t remove it yourself.

You should not walk with a splinter in your finger if you cannot remove it yourself. You need to go to the emergency room. If the foreign body has settled shallowly, folk methods will help. But you can’t leave it under the skin, since this is a source of infection. After removing the foreign body, the wound must be disinfected.

Splinters on children's arms and legs are not at all uncommon, because little researchers are always trying to touch and study everything on their own. To most parents, dealing with a splinter to a doctor does not seem like the best idea. Moreover, there are many ways to quickly get a splinter from a baby as painlessly as possible on your own. We will talk about them in this article.

A few facts about splinters

A splinter is a sharp foreign body that penetrates under the top layer of the skin. This usually occurs during outdoor play and activities with wooden or glass or metal objects.

Often splinters penetrate the baby's skin while playing in the sandbox or in the country, in nature.

The foreign body can be very small, the child will not even feel it. It is these tiny splinters that usually come out on their own, the body knows how to reject them quite quickly and painlessly. But if the splinter is noticeable, it gives the baby pain or discomfort, if it has entered deeply, then it is necessary to pull out the “intruder” as soon as possible in order to avoid inflammation, suppuration, and the addition of a bacterial infection.

All manipulations with the damaged area should be carried out exclusively with clean hands previously washed with soap and water. Wash and, if possible, pour boiling water over all the “tools” that you plan to use during manipulations. If it is not possible to treat with boiling water, wipe the items with an antiseptic.

First of all, you should assess your strengths and the extent of the problem. If the splinter has gone too deep, and redness and swelling have formed above it, you should not try to cope with it yourself. It is better to go to the nearest emergency room.

If the splinter has entered where there is an accumulation of nerve endings, then anesthesia is indispensable. Therefore, it is also desirable to remove a foreign body from under the nail in a medical facility. If a child “acquired” a splinter a few days ago, but the fact of its presence became known only now, when the affected area got sick, inflamed and festered, you will have to use some pharmaceutical preparations with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects.

It is advisable to start any method after the child has been given a steaming bath, this is especially important if the foreign body is stuck in a place that is hard to reach for tools - under the nails and in the heel.

For the bath you will need warm water, baby soap and a little baking soda. The duration of steaming is about 10-15 minutes.

Effective Ways

Fine needle

This is a traditional method familiar to everyone since childhood, for which a sharp thin needle is used. Do not use sewing needles for manipulation. It is better to use a needle from a disposable sterile syringe. Antiseptic (alcohol or "Miramistin") you need to treat your hands, needle, tweezers and the injured part of the skin.

With a needle, gently pry the skin directly perpendicularly over the splinter, introducing it horizontally under the uppermost layer of the epidermis, and slightly tear it, then catch the tip that appears with tweezers and, as carefully as possible, without squeezing, so as not to break, take it out. Then the injured finger or palm is again treated with an antiseptic. For several days, you should carefully monitor the extraction site so as not to miss signs of a possible infection.

Inflammation, redness, swelling, the appearance of pus are all signs that it is time to apply an antibiotic ointment (for example, Levomekol) or go to the doctor.

This method has several big disadvantages. Firstly, a sterile needle and antiseptics are not always at hand. Secondly, not every child will voluntarily agree to be poked with a needle in his finger. If a one-year-old child can still be held somehow with the help of other family members, then for an older child it is best to choose an alternative method, without the use of a needle.

Scotch

A great way for a small child who "collected" several small splinters at once, for example, when falling. The affected area should be treated with an antiseptic, trying not to press on the places where foreign bodies enter the skin, so as not to drive them deeper. The skin must be allowed to dry, after which stick on the affected area a piece of wide tape.

With a sharp movement, peel off the adhesive tape. The lion's share of small splinters will remain on it. The procedure must be repeated until all small splinters are removed.

The method is definitely not suitable for deep splinters, as well as for babies up to a year old, since their skin is very vulnerable, and manipulations with adhesive tape will cause the baby more suffering than the splinters themselves.

Also, this method cannot be used if there are areas with abrasions around small splinters, this will cause pain and increase the risk of infection of the wounds.

drinking soda

A deep splinter that has settled in a hard-to-reach place, for example, in the heel or in the center of the palm, which cannot be reached with a needle or other means, you can try extract with regular baking soda, which is in the kitchen of every housewife. About half a teaspoon of warm water is taken per tablespoon of soda, soda gruel is made and applied to the splinter site. A cotton pad or piece of gauze is placed on top and gently fixed with a patch.

After one and a half to two hours, the skin under the garter will swell greatly. A splinter with a slight pressure on the sides in most cases easily comes out by itself.

If she did not come out, then it will be very easy to get her out of softened skin with a sterile needle. Manipulation will not cause pain if done correctly.

Cons of this method are that soda, which is quite aggressive in nature, on the delicate skin of a baby can cause an allergic reaction, and the probability of taking out a deep splinter is not one hundred percent.

Iodine

A child of school age and a teenager can have a deep splinter removed with iodine. To do this, moisten the wound with an antiseptic applied to a cotton swab every three to four hours. If the splinter is wooden, then as a result it will “burn out” and come out.

The method is very doubtful, and definitely not suitable for use in children under 12 years of age.

The child's body is too quickly able to accumulate iodine coming from the outside; in a baby, this method of extracting a banal splinter can cause more serious consequences than inflammation and suppuration of the wound, for example, an overdose of iodine. And this is a form of sadism and barbarism.

PVA glue

Parents of babies will definitely like this method, since it does not have such a strong traumatic effect as all of the above. In order to remove a splinter from under the skin on the arm, leg of a small child, you need to apply a little PVA glue.

When the glue dries, carefully remove it. Often a splinter comes out with it, because its tip is firmly glued. The downside of this method- the probability of breaking off a splinter when only a part of it, which was located closer to the surface of the skin, comes out.

A definite plus- the psychological comfort of the baby, since no one will force him to walk with a bandage for several hours and poke needles into the injured place.

Ichthyol ointment

If the question arises of how to remove a splinter from a child's finger without using any traumatic devices, then you can consider such a well-known drug as ichthyol ointment. It is applied to the damaged area, put on top of a cotton pad, bandage, if necessary, fixed with a plaster. After 10 hours, the bandage is removed, the splinter is very likely to come out even when removed.

Cons of the method consist in the unpleasant smell of the ointment itself, the child will definitely not like it. In addition, children do not like fixed bandages, especially for such a long time.

It is also important to observe all safety measures regarding this drug. Do not apply it to the skin of a child who is under 6 years old.

Despite the fact that many parents claim to have used ichthyol ointment for one-year-old babies, manufacturers indicate that such experiments can be dangerous. "Ichthyolka" can not be licked, eat. Make sure that the child does not get access to the contents under the bandage.

Salty water

A "fresh" splinter, which the child received no more than an hour ago, can be removed with the help of salt water. Dissolve table salt in a glass (250 ml of water 2.5-3 tablespoons of salt). The water should be hot, but not so hot that a child's finger cannot be in it.

A leg or arm is lowered into salt water (depending on the place of injury), held for about 15 minutes. Then the splinter will easily come out with a slight slight lateral pressure, like a pimple. Significant minus method lies in the fact that it will be quite difficult to keep a restless child near a glass of salt water for more than 3 minutes, and the time interval here is crucial.

Birch tar/banana peel

This is a method based on the imposition of compresses. "Pulling" properties banana peel And Birch tar. With these components, one by one or combining them together, you need to apply a compress to the damaged, injured skin at the entry point of the splinter. The compress is covered with cling film, tied with a bandage and left overnight.

In the morning, the foreign body is usually at the very top, at the entry point, and the splinter can be easily removed with tweezers. Convenience of the way in that both bananas and tar are readily available ingredients. Minus- in the fact that traditional medicine is not yet able to clearly explain the "pulling" effect of banana peels. Therefore, this method is considered more popular, which means that there are no guarantees that it will help in the morning.

It is not easy to pull out a deep splinter. If this is done in a hurry, then you can drive it under the skin even deeper. if it is deeply embedded in our body? With sense, with composure and with arrangement! This requires some knowledge. Which? Now find out! Forward!

How to pull out a splinter if it is deep?

Option number 1: deep, but visible

The first step is to inspect the place of its entry.

If you see that its end is above the surface of the skin (despite the fact that it itself "stuck" thoroughly), then you can try to pull the splinter out right away. How to do it? Use tweezers (at worst - cosmetic tweezers). Anoint the wound with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. Do not forget to disinfect your hands and tweezers (tweezers). In order for the removal to be successful, and the splinter does not break off halfway, do not pull it with sudden movements. Pull out the foreign body smoothly and at the same angle at which it entered under the skin.

Option number 2: deep and invisible

How to pull out a splinter if it has gone deep into the flesh? Here you and I will have to be extremely careful, because in this case it will be hard to see, and you will not be able to pull it out entirely. It is necessary to steam the affected area well. To do this, prepare a bowl of hot water, add a soapy solution, and then lower the affected area into it for 5 minutes several times. Please note that the splinter can crawl out on its own.

If you still could not pull the splinter out of the steamed place, then seek the help of a traumatologist. In any case, a steamed area of \u200b\u200bthe skin is good. At least there won't be an abscess in this place. When the splinter is pulled out, be sure to treat the wound with an antiseptic (furatsilin, potassium permanganate, alcohol, iodine, brilliant green, and so on).

How to pull out a deep splinter with folk remedies?

Oddly enough, but most folk methods in this case are really effective! I recommend that you use tar. It is necessary to thickly lubricate the place affected by the splinter and, armed with disinfected manicure tweezers or tweezers, wait for it to appear. Usually a deep splinter is shown 15 minutes after treatment. At this point, you need to grab it with tweezers and pull it towards you. Don't forget the splinter pulling technique (see above). As an alternative to tar - a piece of aloe, which should be applied and fixed on the affected area. The effect is the same: the skin softens, all debris is removed. Since the wound from a deep splinter is large, it should be treated with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, and then isolated from possible contamination with a medical plaster (bandage).

How to pull out a splinter if it is deeply seated under the nail?

medieval torture

A splinter under the nail is a mass of various inconveniences and terrible discomfort. Periungual places are rich in nerve receptors, which means they are very sensitive and painful. This was used in medieval torture, driving needles under the nails.

How to pull a splinter out of a nail?

As in the case of a deep splinter, the steaming method must be used here. Pour the most hot water (so that you can endure it), add soda or salt to it. We lower our sufferer finger there and hold until the water cools to room temperature. Then, with disinfected tweezers, slowly pull it out. If on your own you can’t do anything, urgently see a traumatologist!

A splinter is any foreign body that has stuck under the skin. These can be pieces of glass, metal shavings, wood chips, plant thorns, fish bones, etc. Often these small objects cause serious health problems. Therefore, it is important to know how to correctly, painlessly and quickly remove a foreign body from under the skin. There are several ways to get a splinter yourself.

What happens if you do not pull out a splinter

As a result of mechanical impact during work in the garden, repair, construction, when transplanting plants, such as cactus, etc., a foreign body gets under the skin. The injury itself is minor, so many do not pay attention to it. Pulling the spike out from under the skin is not difficult, the main thing is to treat the place before and after with an antiseptic. To prevent infection from entering the body and the development of complications.

On the surface of a foreign body that enters the skin, there are microorganisms. After some time, they can cause suppuration, which often leads to inflammation of the soft tissues. To prevent sepsis, chips, glass, thorns - everything that has fallen under the skin must be removed as quickly as possible, while trying not to damage it more. A prerequisite is the treatment of the skin with an antiseptic. For the operation, you will need a magnifying glass, daylight, tools, a disinfectant, a bandage or a medical adhesive plaster.

Removing a splinter with improvised means

When the splinter has not entered very deeply, it is not difficult to remove it. There are many ways, but it is very important to carry out the correct preparatory work, which consists in processing and preparing the damage site. This measure will prevent infection from entering the wound. Processing is done like this:

Wash the affected area well with running water and soap.
Treat the affected area and the area nearby with alcohol.
Disinfect tools used in the extraction process.

It is possible to remove a foreign body from under the skin as quickly as possible using:

needles - an ordinary sewing needle, a pin, a needle from a medical syringe will do;
tweezers - provided that part of the splinter is visible on the surface;
adhesive tape - when there are a lot of small thorns;
PVA glue - a painless way;
with folk recipes.

Needle

When the tip of the foreign body has broken off or is not very visible, you can remove everything with a needle. It is done like this:

Treat the affected area, the needle with an antiseptic.
Carefully insert the needle between the splinter and the skin above it.
With an upward movement, tear the outer layer of the epidermis.
Gently pry off the edge of the foreign body.
At the angle of entry of the chip, carefully pull it out of the body by the tail that appears.
Treat the wound with an antiseptic (alcohol, peroxide).

tweezers

To carry out the operation to remove splinters should be in good light. Additionally, you can use a magnifying glass, glasses. The tweezers are pre-treated with alcohol or another disinfectant. With a tool, you need to carefully pick up the tail of the spike and pull it along the entry line very carefully so that the piece does not break off. After that, the wound is processed.

with scotch tape

Splinters obtained from contact with thorny plants can be removed with glass wool using adhesive tape. It is done like this:

Stick a piece of adhesive tape to the damaged area. Do not press hard, so as not to drive the thorns deeper.
With a sharp movement, remove the tape.
Repeat this until the skin is completely clear of foreign bodies.
Upon completion, treat the damaged area with an antiseptic.

PVA glue

There are times when the size of a foreign body makes it impossible to remove it with a needle or tweezers. In this case, PVA glue is suitable. This method is especially good when extracting a splinter in children, because it is considered the most painless. The only negative is that everything does not happen very quickly. To do this, a thick layer of glue is applied to the pre-treated area of \u200b\u200bthe skin. Leave it to dry completely. After that, the glue is easily removed, pulling out the splinter. The wound is treated, sealed with adhesive tape.

Extraction of a splinter using folk recipes

In addition to the well-known methods for extracting a splinter, there are many old and proven methods for removing a foreign body from under the skin. For example:

Aloe juice. Attach a piece of the plant to the wound with the cut side, soak for a couple of hours.
Baking soda is mixed with water until a slurry is formed, fixed on the wound with a band-aid. The swollen skin will push the chip out.
The wound is smeared with iodine every three hours until the wood chip comes out.

After solving the problem, the damaged area is treated with brilliant green, bactericidal ointment, a sterile bandage is applied. In addition, the following tools will help to cope with the task:

Ichthyol ointment. For 9 hours, it is applied to the wound, closed with a plaster.
Birch tar removes a splinter in 20 minutes.
A piece of raw potato is superimposed for a couple of hours.
Heat the vegetable oil, lubricate the damaged area and lower it into saline solution in vodka.

How to remove a splinter at home

There are many ways to remove a splinter at home. Depending on where she got, who suffered, the most optimal option is selected. An important requirement is that when carrying out this simple operation, all precautions should be observed. If after twelve hours the splinter does not come out, it is necessary to stop self-medication and contact a medical institution for help.

From a finger

A splinter in the finger causes many problems, ranging from unpleasant tingling to serious inflammation. When it is visible on the surface, it can be removed by all of the methods listed above. If a sliver, a thorn fell under the nail, it is possible to remove them with tweezers. First, it is recommended to steam the finger in order to be able to slightly move the nail. Next, the foreign body is gently pulled out. After that, be sure to treat the damaged area.

When the splinter is deep under the skin, it is better to use other methods. For example:

Soda gruel is applied, the finger is placed in water.
A finger is placed in a saline solution (a glass of hot water and 4 tablespoons of salt) for 15 minutes.
Clay helps with suppuration. Dissolve it in water to the consistency of thick sour cream, add a couple of drops of vinegar. The composition is applied to the wound, as it dries, add. Apply until the splinter comes out.
Cottage cheese. Apply to the wound at night, wash off in the morning.
Ignite the cotton fabric. Hold your finger over the smoke.

From the heel

Often a splinter gets under the skin of the heel or foot. Removing it is then more difficult. When the foreign body is above the surface, extraction can be done in any convenient way, while observing all the processing rules. In the case of deep penetration, the recommendations are as follows:

Steam the foot in a soapy solution for 15 minutes.
Treat with an antiseptic, dry.
Using a needle or tweezers, pull out the splinter.
If it doesn’t work out, use clay, cottage cheese, butter, soda.
If you fear that not everything worked out, make a compress for the night using Vishnevsky's ointment or ichthyol.

invisible

In addition to soda, banana peel, clay, scotch tape, there are extraction methods using a jar or wax. It is done like this:

A jar with wide peas is filled to the very brim with hot water. The affected part is pressed very tightly against the container so that the wound is in the water. After a couple of minutes everything should come out. A bottle is used to remove from the finger.
The wax is melted in a water bath, dripped onto the affected area. You can immediately drip wax on the skin. After drying, the splinter can be easily removed.

How to pull a splinter out of a child without a needle

There are many ways to pull out a splinter in a child without a needle. They differ in a safe and painless process. When the splinter is invisible, it has gone very deep, it is recommended to use products that have a pulling effect, for example, a banana peel. With the inner side, it is applied to the wound, everything is fixed with a plaster. The compress is aged for at least 6 hours. If after this time the splinter does not appear, you should abandon self-medication and consult a doctor.

The second method involves the use of adhesive tape. At night, it sticks to the affected area. The created effect of the compress will contribute to the release of the splinter. In the morning, all that remains is to pull it out. Often the spike comes out completely by itself and simply sticks to the tape. Be sure to treat the entire area with an antiseptic after the extraction procedure is completed.

When to See a Doctor

In most cases, you can get rid of a foreign body under the skin at home, but there are times when you should immediately consult a doctor. This:

the area near the orbit is affected;
the splinter sits very deep, within 12 hours it is impossible to remove it yourself;
a piece remained in the tissues;
splinter - part of a poisonous plant, glass, animal;
after 3-4 hours, redness, thickening of the tissues is observed.

Video

A trifle - that's how we usually talk about small splinters, slivers that get under the skin and stay there. How to pull out a splinter - this question comes to mind when it would seem that all the methods with forceps and needles have already been tried, but the infection still sits there and hurts and pricks.

Itself, they say, will come out, will not go anywhere. If you say so, then surely you have never had serious problems, festering, and other things.

But this little sliver can cause great trouble if it lingers in the body for a long time. In this we will tell you how to pull out a splinter with folk remedies.

Surely you have repeatedly encountered such a problem as a splinter. It could be a sliver, or a piece of steel wire, or a piece of glass.

As a rule, we leave it there until it comes out on its own, and in most cases, the body pushes the foreign body out on its own.

But if he does not cope, then the wound begins to quickly fester, become infected. I don’t want to scare you, but it also got to the point that I had to amputate part of the body only because the splinter was not removed in time, and it grew into big trouble.

If you suddenly received such an injury, then you should immediately get rid of the splinter. If you can’t do it yourself, then contact a doctor who will provide professional help, although, in most cases, a person gets the “trouble” on his own.

So, let's look at what folk remedies will help pull out a splinter and return it to you.

Folk remedies for splinter

Iodine

First of all, try using ordinary pharmacy iodine. The fact is that if you anoint the place where the wound is located several times, it can simply burn out. In particular, this method helps if you have a non-steel material.

The most effective iodine will help with a splinter from a tree, therefore, you can immediately use this method.

Salt

This is also an effective method that can solve the most difficult problem. If a foreign body gets under the nail, which happens quite often, then iodine will not help much here. You need to prepare a special solution.

Pour boiling water into a glass, and pour three tablespoons of salt into it. You will have to dip your finger into this water.

You have to steam it in very hot water for about 15 minutes. Of course, try to make sure that there are no burns, but the water should be as hot as possible. If the splinter is in the heel, then this is the best way to get rid of it, since the skin there is quite rough, and conventional methods will not work.

By the way, salt helps with many other diseases. For example, they will immediately come to the rescue.

Resin

Of course, you don't have to boil the resin that is used to make asphalt, because it's all about tree resin that grows on fruit trees. Knead it and apply it to the damaged area. Literally after 30 minutes, the splinter itself will begin to come out, you just have to get it carefully with tweezers.

Vegetable oil

This is another effective folk way to pull out a splinter. If you have not managed to get rid of the problem, then you should put the sore spot in heated vegetable oil for 10-15 minutes. After that, it will come out by itself, you just have to get it with a gentle movement.

Alcohol

Pour ordinary vodka or medical alcohol into a glass and dip your finger into it for 30 minutes. Again, as in the previous method, the splinter itself will begin to come out, you just have to carefully remove it.

Banana

This is a rather exotic, but interesting way to remove a foreign body from under the skin. If you could not get it out of the body, then tie the banana skin with the soft side for the night. When you wake up, you will see that the splinter has almost left your body, take the tweezers and get it out. This method, although exotic, has never failed.

Onion

If you don’t know how to pull out a splinter, then make a gruel out of an ordinary onion, attach it to the wound, and bandage it. After a couple of hours you will forget that you had a foreign body under the skin, just don't cry!

With the help of such methods, you can easily get rid of such a problem as a splinter. Of course, you must do this as soon as possible so that the process of suppuration does not begin, otherwise the wound will hurt for a long time, and you will have to be treated. Be careful when working with wood, glass or metal. wishes you good mood!