Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California ER doctor Joe Whittington recommends using a clean, unused medicine syringe to create a suction to easily remove a ...

You may remember as a child having a needle-welding parent dig a splinter out of your skin while you wiggled and winched. The sharp prick of the needle was probably worse than the splinter itself.

They may not be a matter of life and death, but knowing how to remove a splinter correctly can relieve someone from ongoing ...

Never try to squeeze a splinter out or apply pressure to the region surrounding the splinter, as this might cause the splinter to split or go deeper into your child's skin. Splinters are very common ...

We’re simply outside more this time of year, and that means increased exposure to shards of glass, woody debris and thorns. It’s important to take care of splinters immediately because they can lead ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath.