VIDEO: How to remove a splinter in your finger

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How to remove a splinter in your finger1:54
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A splinter in the finger not only causes uncomfortable pain, but can also have serious consequences, such as blood poisoning. Therefore, a splinter should always be properly removed. You can do this yourself for small splinters, but a dermatologist should be consulted for larger ones.

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Remove the splinter without tools

  1. If the splinter in the finger is only superficially in the skin is inserted, you can simply pull it out with your fingers. If it is too tight, you can soften the skin with water. Fill a bowl with lukewarm water and bathe your finger in it until your skin is softened. You should enrich the water with soap so that the skin is cleaned and the splinter can slide better.
  2. Always move your finger back and forth.
  3. If the splinter in your finger hasn't been washed out this way, you can push it out. To do this, slide it in the direction of the opened house.

Correctly insert the tool on the finger

  1. If you cannot pull the splinter out with your fingers, use tweezers. It is beneficial if the skin has been softened in warm water beforehand to make working on the finger easier.
  2. Use only clean tweezers. It is best to use sterile tweezers. You can buy these in pharmacies. Alternatively, you can also clean a pair of tweezers with disinfectant solution.
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  3. Use the tweezers to grab the upper end of the splinter in your finger and pull it out as straight as possible.
  4. Keep applying regular pressure with your fingers on the tweezers so that the splinter does not get lost.
  5. If the splinter is a little tighter, you can turn the tweezers back and forth a little. Combine this with a simultaneous pulling movement.
  6. After the splinter is removed, wash the area thoroughly and apply one to the area band Aid.

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