I have a sliver

[cookiecat]

I have a sliver in the side of my foot I can't reach without weird contortions. Would soaking it help?

 

[ElectricBlue]

I have a sliver in the side of my foot I can't reach without weird contortions. Would soaking it help?

You can get goop that draws stuff out of a wound - here in Oz it's called Magneplasm.

But wouldn't it be simpler to ask someone to get it out with tweezers?

 

[cookiecat]

You can get goop that draws stuff out of a wound - here in Oz it's called Magneplasm.

But wouldn't it be simpler to ask someone to get it out with tweezers? Assuming you actually mean "sliver"...

I don't live with anyone. I could go to a friend's house and ask.

 

[cookiecat]

I googled and am going to try some home remedies!!

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don't live with anyone. I could go to a friend's house and ask.

Probably best - you don't want it to get infected, especially if you have to be a contortionist to see it!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Banana peel. That should draw it out.

But would be best, if it gets infected, to see a doctor.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Old fashioned way for a deep splinter was to let it become infected (in a minor way). In due course, a pustule would form which, when broken, would float the splinter out with the pus. Icky, but unless it got seriously infected, it generally worked.

Soaking it in warm salty water was supposed to ease extraction - another old-time remedy.

Another, far more modern, is to put a drop of superglue over it and let it dry. When the glue is peeled off, it will often pull the splinter out.

Best bet, as noted however, is to find a friend or helper.

 

[Knitting1]

I have a sliver in the side of my foot I can't reach without weird contortions. Would soaking it help?

I could have written this too - soaking it in salty water right now

 

[ElectricBlue]

Another, far more modern, is to put a drop of superglue over it and let it dry. When the glue is peeled off, it will often pull the splinter out.

Bloody hell! Remind me never to get a splinter around you! What do you use to remove make-up? A heat gun?

TarnishedPenny - uses for workshop equipment you never thought you knew.

"Is it safe,TP?"

"Sure is," she said, as she powered up the chainsaw. "Just sit still while I cut your hair!"

 

[twister947]

Google "drawing salve".

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Bloody hell! Remind me never to get a splinter around you! What do you use to remove make-up? A heat gun?

TarnishedPenny - uses for workshop equipment you never thought you knew.

"Is it safe,TP?"

"Sure is," she said, as she powered up the chainsaw. "Just sit still while I cut your hair!"

Sometime, if you're good - or really bad - I'll share my home remedy for haemorrhoids...

 

[slutindianwife]

See a doc
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[Kinkenglish]

Brilliantly amusing morning thread (and not a single reference to ‘wood’)

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

Bloody hell! Remind me never to get a splinter around you! What do you use to remove make-up? A heat gun?

TarnishedPenny - uses for workshop equipment you never thought you knew.

"Is it safe,TP?"

"Sure is," she said, as she powered up the chainsaw. "Just sit still while I cut your hair!"

Additional uses for topical adhesive include application to superficial tears in the perineal area post-childbirth.

*****

cookie, how's the foot?

 

[Jada59]

You can get goop that draws stuff out of a wound - here in Oz it's called Magneplasm.

But wouldn't it be simpler to ask someone to get it out with tweezers?

Or drawing salve. Or sometimes you can pull it out by pressing a piece of tape over it and ripping it off.

 

[KimGordon67]

I have a sliver in the side of my foot I can't reach without weird contortions. Would soaking it help?

Is a sliver what we would call 'splinter', or are they different things?

 

[Bentspoons]

Is a sliver what we would call 'splinter', or are they different things?

In context, I suspect, a 'sliver' is an aggressive 'splinter'. Much the same of the same muchness.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Sometime, if you're good - or really bad - I'll share my home remedy for haemorrhoids...

Let me guess. A twelve volt battery and jumper leads?

"Yep, just clip 'em on, screw the cable to the positive. The 'roids won't feel a thing." TP puts on a welder's mask, and EB gets a little nervous.

"But my balls, they're close by, won't they get fried too?"

"They're eggs, ain't they? What, you want a frying pan, already?"

TP advances...

Whoa!

 

[Bramblethorn]

Bloody hell! Remind me never to get a splinter around you! What do you use to remove make-up? A heat gun?

TarnishedPenny - uses for workshop equipment you never thought you knew.

"Is it safe,TP?"

"Sure is," she said, as she powered up the chainsaw. "Just sit still while I cut your hair!"

Superglue has a long history as a medical aid: https://www.straightdope.com/column...ue-invented-to-seal-battle-wounds-in-vietnam/

My partner once used a glove full of PVA glue to deal with a handful of prickly pear spines. Didn't get all of them but it was a big help.

 

[Weird Harold]

In context, I suspect, a 'sliver' is an aggressive 'splinter'. Much the same of the same muchness.

A "sliver" can be any substance, a splinter implies wood.

(Forex, you can by "slivered almonds" in the baking section of many US grocery stores.)

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Let me guess. A twelve volt battery and jumper leads?

"Yep, just clip 'em on, screw the cable to the positive. The 'roids won't feel a thing." TP puts on a welder's mask, and EB gets a little nervous.

"But my balls, they're close by, won't they get fried too?"

"They're eggs, ain't they? What, you want a frying pan, already?"

TP advances...

Whoa!

And, just like that, a new fetish!

 

[Que]

I have a sliver in the side of my foot I can't reach without weird contortions. Would soaking it help?

Icthamael ointment, aka "drawing salve."

Put a dab on a bandaid and cover it. It will come out.