I wouldn't leave it, Andi, it'll get infected. I've pulled hard-to-get splinters out with glue before, but I don't know if that's a good idea given where it is. You should probably go to a doctor.
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Zenkitty - Nov 29, 2009 6:31:15 pm PST #1944 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
-t - Nov 29, 2009 6:38:54 pm PST #1945 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry, Andi, I can't seem to think anything other than OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW OW OW OW OW OWWWWW in response to your post.
Oh, maybe if you soak it in epsom salts? Or just warm water, maybe. I seem to recall that that might draw a splinter out.
Cashmere - Nov 29, 2009 6:42:40 pm PST #1946 of 30000
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Andi, I've found hydrogen peroxide to be pretty effective at drawing out a splinter. Keep pouring it in--helps stave off infection, too.
omnis_audis - Nov 29, 2009 6:52:35 pm PST #1947 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
owowow. cringing. Golly I hope the splinter comes out soon with little fuss or pain.
WindSparrow - Nov 29, 2009 6:56:06 pm PST #1948 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
ok, going with the hydrogen peroxide. thanks all.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2009 7:00:38 pm PST #1949 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
FWIW, I took a big splinter into my thigh while building a wall out of railroad cross-ties and it didn't come out for six weeks, but it didn't get infected.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2009 7:05:08 pm PST #1950 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yikes, four police officers were killed in Lakewood, near Seattle. Looks like they might have been targeted since they were meeting before their shift.
WindSparrow - Nov 29, 2009 7:07:36 pm PST #1951 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Thanks, hec. it does seem to be more wedged up under the nail but not really embedded in the flesh. So i'm gonna go with keeping it clean and monitoring for infection.
P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2009 7:16:27 pm PST #1952 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yikes, four police officers were killed in Lakewood, near Seattle. Looks like they might have been targeted since they were meeting before their shift.
Near Tacoma. Not near Seattle!
(Lakewood's the space that's right by McCord AFB, south of Tacoma proper. It's ooky.)
DavidS - Nov 29, 2009 7:22:59 pm PST #1953 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Near Tacoma. Not near Seattle!
Tell it to Google news! (They said near Seattle.)
Nonetheless: Four cops down. That's a bad day.