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1 Grip the splinter firmly with the tweezers. 2  Gently pull the splinter out at the same angle the splinter went in. 3  Be aware that if you pull too quickly or in the wrong direction the splinter could break, leaving a piece trapped under the skin. Use tweezers and a needle. Sterilise a sewing needle and a pair of tweezers by dipping the ends in boiling water or wiping them with a cottonball soaked in rubbing alcohol. If you can feel the splinter poking out of the skin: 1  Grip the splinter firmly with the tweezers. (If after three days, it still hasn’t come out, we advise you seek medical advice). Once it’s sticking out again, use the tweezers to remove the splinter. As before, once you’ve extracted the splinter, give it a wipe with an alcohol swab, or rub some antiseptic cream in, and cover for a few days with a plaster. If you can see the end of the splinter within an open wound, but it’s not protruding, then give the area around the splinter a tight squeeze (i.e. squeeze the splinter out as shown below); this quite often is all that is needed to make the splinter protrude. 1 Use the tweezers to grab the end of the splinter, thorn or prickle and pull slowly and gently out. 2  If this doesn't work then use the blunt end of the needle to push against the end of the splinter which went in first and gently work the splinter back out enough to use the tweezers to pull it out. You will need a pair of tweezers, disinfectant and either a sewing needle or a probe from your first aid kit. A magnifying glass could be helpful too as some splinters or prickles can be hard to see. 1  1 Pull out the splinter at the same angle that it entered your skin. 2  If you have to dig deeply with your tweezers to get at the splinter, you may want to see your doctor to remove it. 3  If the tip of the splinter breaks off, you may need to either see a doctor or try regrasping it with your tweezers. If you are going to use tweezers or a needle to help remove the splinter, disinfect them with rubbing alcohol. This can remove bacteria that may cause infection to your skin. . 1  You can get rubbing alcohol at pharmacies and many medical supply stores. 1 Apply an antiseptic solution on the affected site and then carefully using the tweezers or the needle remove the splinter. 2  While doing so, you might need to press the surrounding area, to get a better view of the splinter and make it easier for the tweezers or the sterile needle to remove the splinter. Here are some simple home remedies that can help in removal of deep splinter, 1  Put a piece of bacon fat on the spot and adhere it with a tight band aid so that the wrapped bacon doesn’t slip out of position. 2  Within the next couple of days the splinter will adhere to the bacon and be removed naturally. If you can grab the end of the splinter with a pair of tweezers then do so and pull it out! If the splinter has gone in side on (i.e. you can see the full length of it under the skin), then it should not present too much of a problem to remove. If you can see the end of the splinter within an open wound, but it’s not protruding, then give the area around the splinter a tight squeeze (i.e. squeeze the splinter out as shown below); this quite often is all that is needed to make the splinter protrude. You may also use a poultice to draw out infection from a wound, ulcer, or boil. A small child that may fight you approaching with needle and tweezers to remove a splinter will often welcome a bandage. The right mixture applied to the bandage will, in fact, draw out that splinter without any fight.  If you do manage to get the complete splinter out, then give the area either a wipe with an alcohol swab or rub in some antiseptic cream to clean the wound, then cover with a plaster to keep anything else out. If you can see the end of the splinter within an open wound, but it’s not protruding, then give the area around the splinter a tight squeeze (i.e. squeeze the splinter out as shown below); this quite often is all that is needed to make the splinter protrude. J W(89). Try using an ice-cube to numb her finger, if she won't do that I was also told (but I've never tried) if you put a bit of onion inside a plaster/bandage then leave it on for a while it will draw the spelk out and into the onion. It is a white paste in a small pot, you only need a little plaster on top and then leave overnight. It will suck out the splinter as well as drawing out any infection in there from you poking around. The same stuff is useful for any minor cut that gets infected.
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will a plaster draw a splinter out