Splinter

jopax

Hello,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows a good way to get a splinter out of a child's hand.
I have a 4 year old & she won't leave me near it with a tweezers.
I have tried for ages & even tried to bribe her with s chocolate bar to no avail.
Has anyone any ideas please?

Big Bag of Chips

Into the bath... It'll soften the skin, and maybe a bit of sudocreme and a plaster will draw it out.

jopax

Big Bag of Chips wrote: »

Into the bath... It'll soften the skin, and maybe a bit of sudocreme and a plaster will draw it out.

Great, thanks for that, I'll give it a go

tupenny

Bread wettened with water hot as bearable applied to the area will get it out

Cakerbaker

Put a closed calpol syringe over it and use the plunger part (excuse my terminology) to draw it out.

Toots

If all else fails, you can get a cream in the chemist called Magnesium Sulphate. Put a blob of that on and cover with a plaster; it will draw out the splinter.

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Toots wrote: »

If all else fails, you can get a cream in the chemist called Magnesium Sulphate. Put a blob of that on and cover with a plaster; it will draw out the splinter.

^^ This.

As a bonus it smells lovely.

Zadkiel

jopax wrote: »

Hello,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows a good way to get a splinter out of a child's hand.
I have a 4 year old & she won't leave me near it with a tweezers.
I have tried for ages & even tried to bribe her with s chocolate bar to no avail.
Has anyone any ideas please?

If you have any pva glue you can pour some over the splinter and surrounding skin let it set and peel it off. It's worked for me with our 3 year old in the past.

tuisginideach

As per Big Bag of Chips - soak hand in hot water 10-20 mins. Splinter easily accessible then.

jopax

Thank you everyone for your replies, I soaked it for 30 mins in warm water & it slid out.