We all figured this was the most painful method of splinter removal. Until my other colleague walked out of urgent care with a bill for $751 and half a thorn still lodged in her finger.

The splinter would come out by itself (3). This option may be useful if the splinter is on a finger, which can be easily dipped in a glass of water.

The splinter might be embedded too deeply for tweezers to grab it, you might not have a pair handy, or you might just prefer a method that doesn’t require digging with a sharp tool.

Alan Blakey, who works in a children’s home, had removed the splinter four days after it became lodged in the skin of a finger on his left hand ...

Endocarditis can cause thin red or reddish-brown lines under fingertips known as splinter hemorrhages,.This means the small blood vessels (capillaries) are damaged.

A Deland man almost lost his hand due to a severe infection caused by a large splinter he got while inspecting hurricane damage.

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A care worker who had a splinter in his finger ended up having to have it amputated because of failings at an NHS urgent treatment centre in Hull. Alan Blakey, who works in a children’s home ...

Splinter hemorrhages are essentially small spots of blood caused due to bleeding under the nails. The nail bed, or the skin under the tough surface of the nail, has a number of small blood ...

A care worker who had a splinter in his hand for four days has won a payout after having his finger amputated due to a lack of care at an NHS urgent treatment centre. Alan Blakey removed the ...