How to remove a glass shard from a body? Simple and effective ways to remove a splinter without a needle How to remove a shard of glass from your heel

It can be very easy to get a foreign body into your finger. It is often microscopic, invisible to the eye, but it brings great trouble and pain. If dirt (pathogenic bacteria and fungi) gets into the skin with a splinter, it can cause an inflammatory process and the formation of a purulent wound. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to know how to remove a splinter from a finger and whether the wound needs to be treated. Let's figure it out.

Before removing a splinter, you should thoroughly wash your hands with warm water and alkaline soap, and treat your skin and tools with an antibacterial solution. If you do not follow this rule, an infection may get into the wound, which leads to complications. The main consequences of improper removal of a foreign particle are:

• the appearance of pus in the damaged area;
• blood poisoning, or sepsis;
• gangrene is the most dangerous consequence.

Important! Under no circumstances should you put pressure on the wound so that the splinter does not penetrate even deeper.

In most cases, you can remove a splinter from your finger at home, but sometimes the intervention of a medical professional is required.

You should contact a specialist when:

• the splinter is deep under the nail, it is not visible;
• the foreign particle is located far under the skin, and it has been impossible to get it out for twelve hours;
• the sliver has been removed, but its end remains, causing concern, and cannot be reached by improvised means;
• a piece of glass was embedded deep in the fabric;
• the wound was caused by a poisonous plant;
• part of the animal has penetrated the skin (fur, cat whiskers, insects, etc.);
• on the wound under which the splinter is located, there is redness, numbness, hardening, throbbing pain or suppuration.

Techniques for removing a splinter

You can use tweezers to remove a splinter from a finger or toe if the end of the splinter is on the surface of the skin:

1. Examine the wound through a magnifying glass, making sure that the tip of the splinter can be caught with tweezers.
2. Treat the tweezers with an antiseptic (alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, etc.).
3. Grab the end of the sliver.
4. Make sure that no surrounding skin or hair is caught in the tongs.

The particle must be pulled out in the direction opposite to the one in which the sliver penetrated deep into the finger. If it is located at an angle, do not try to pull it straight out, it may break.

The method of removing a splinter with a needle is suitable if the particle is visible through the top layer of skin and its end cannot be grasped with tweezers. It is allowed to use an antiseptic-treated metal pin, a sewing needle or a needle from a disposable syringe. It is necessary to open the wound, damaging with the tip a sufficient area of ​​skin above the foreign particle. After this, you can remove the splinter with tweezers or a needle. This method is suitable for those who have a steady hand and excellent vision.

If a child has received a splinter and the end of a small sliver sticks out, but the child does not allow it to be removed with a needle or forceps, then you can use medical glue. We need to lubricate the wound with it. After a while, when the glue has dried, remove it. The stuck chip should come out painlessly. After this, observe the child’s behavior to determine whether part of the foreign body remains in the finger. If the child complains of pain, it is better to consult a specialist.

Advice! If a child has planted a splinter, the first thing to do is to calm the baby down. By panicking, the child may cause even more harm to himself.

Adhesive tape works well for removing several small splinters without a needle. You can use a medical adhesive plaster or tape. It is necessary to cut off a portion of the tape sufficient to cover the area affected by the thorns. A long piece will prevent you from missing small particles, but it is often inconvenient to use. It is better to take several pieces of short length. Gently apply the adhesive plaster to the affected area. There is no need to press on the tape. Then slowly remove it. The sharp particles should remain on the tape. You can repeat the procedure several times until the splinters are completely removed.

The medical patch can be used in another way. If the wound has healed but the splinter remains, then you need to stick an adhesive plaster on this area of ​​the skin. It is better to use a rolled plaster without a gauze pad. The bandage must be left in place for at least a day. If it gets wet when washing your hands, don’t worry, it’s even better. Under the bandage, the skin will swell and the crust on the wound will soften. When removing the patch, the sliver is usually removed as well.

Hydrogen peroxide also helps in removing splinters. You need to moisten a piece of bandage or gauze and tie it to the injured area.

Folk remedies

If the foreign body cannot be picked up either with tweezers or with adhesive tape or adhesive tape, you can try to pull out the splinter:

1. To remove microscopic, barely noticeable splinters, you can use a remedy widely known in cooking. Make a paste of baking soda and apply it to the splinters. The skin under the baking soda will swell over time and push particles to the surface. This method should be used after all the others, since with wet skin it is difficult to use adhesive tape, tweezers or a needle.
2. You can apply the properties of indoor aloe. The juice of this plant perfectly softens the skin and has a bactericidal and wound-healing effect. The cut aloe leaf must be applied with the cut to the wound and secured with a bandage or plaster. After two hours, the foreign body can be easily removed with tweezers. If you use this method to remove a deep splinter from your foot, it will take more time. In this case, the procedure is repeated several times, and the bandage is changed every four hours.
3. Removes splinters well Birch tar. Apply a cotton swab soaked in it to the wound and hold it there for 30-40 minutes. The tip of the sliver should come out. Now the particle is easy to remove. You can use pine tree resin instead of tar. It has a bactericidal effect and will help avoid inflammation. This remedy is great for removing splinters from the heel.
4. Everyone in the house has potatoes. You need to cut the tuber, apply it cut side to the affected area of ​​​​the skin and tie it. Potato juice will help pull out the splinter.
5. If you tie a piece of fresh lard to the damaged area, the native particle will come out quite quickly.

If a splinter gets under the nail

A particular problem is a splinter that has stuck under the nail. Compresses will help pull it out:

• From medicinal herbs. Take dried comfrey or fenugreek root and grind it into powder. Add hot water until a thick paste forms. Treat your finger and nail with iodine or alcohol, apply the prepared paste and secure with a bandage. The bandage must be changed every three to four hours. Do this several times until the foreign particle appears on the surface. Carefully remove the splinter with tweezers.

• From a bow. The onion must be peeled and grated. The resulting paste should be applied to the injured nail, covered with plastic wrap and tied with a bandage. The compress needs to be changed every three hours.

• From pine resin. Apply it to nail plate and around, as well as under the nail. You need to bandage your finger tightly and leave the bandage on for six hours. After the specified time, the remaining oleoresin must be removed with a piece of cotton wool or gauze soaked in alcohol or turpentine. When you have access to the foreign particle, carefully pull it out with tweezers or a needle.

If the splinter under the nail is deep, a compress of crushed cabbage leaves with the addition of a tablespoon of alcohol or vodka helps. This compress is changed every three hours until the splinter becomes accessible.

After the foreign body has been removed from under the skin, the wound should be treated with a disinfectant and healing agent.

How to remove glass from a leg?

Fujimama

11.03.2012, 22:16

Fujimama

11.03.2012, 23:07

Dasha-Petya

11.03.2012, 23:34

Fujimama

11.03.2012, 23:42

There is some way, but I forgot it. I need to add some cake...

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You will need

Blanket - masking tape - putty knife - knife - safety glasses - gloves - primer - brush

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Carefully remove spilled debris from the floor and windowsill. Never collect glass with your hands; use a broom with a dustpan or a vacuum cleaner with a plastic dust container.

When starting to remove glass, spread a small blanket under the window. Accidentally falling fragments will be easily removed by shaking them off, and the risk of injury from them will be minimized.

If the remaining glass in the frame is at or above eye level, protect your eyes from accidental glass shards. To do this, wear clear safety glasses. Wear gloves.

Cover the broken glass completely with masking tape to prevent it from scattering during dismantling. Be especially careful to coat sharp edges.

Carefully pull out the nails and remove the glazing bead. If the nails are driven deep and you cannot remove them, then use a hard spatula or...

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Vishnevsky will not survive. Ichthyol ointment (tar) has this property. If you apply it to a mature boil, it will be clean the next morning.

As for glass, I had such a case. It went deep, I didn’t want to cut, or rather, I was stalling for time. I checked that there was no inflammation. I didn't think about the ichthyolka.
It hurt, but after a few days the pain went away. The glass is coated with something that cells produce when something foreign gets in. It turned out to be a hard lump that didn’t bother me. And after three months - strange tickling sensations. lasted a couple of minutes. Before my eyes, the fragment came out on its own. Smooth, without sharp corners. In short, he was born. Fantastic. No blood. 5mm fragment... .

I recommend ichthyolka. Don't pick...

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Very small. And this time I was unable to pull it out, as usual, while steaming my leg in hot soapy water. I hovered my leg and rubbed it, to no avail. I thought it hurt because I tried to remove it with a needle, but apparently it was overgrown! The glass is apparently very small. I didn’t go to the emergency room, it’s not close, I hoped to cope on my own, and I’m afraid that the doctors won’t bother with such small glass. I already tried to walk several years ago, they even refused to look for her. My leg hurts, not like a sharp unbearable pain, but a dull ache in this place when you walk. I am depressed by the thought of the long wait in lines, the disdainful attitude of doctors, the fact that I will have to endure humiliation and refusal to pick my leg. I already had to endure all this several years ago. I read on the Internet that the glass can become encapsulated, a lump will appear in this place and it can come out on its own in a couple of months. At this place some kind of compaction appeared, like a lump of...

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How to remove a small piece of glass that is not visible?

If the fragment is not visible, then Vishnevsky ointment can be applied to the wound; it has the property of drawing out. Tar also works. If the fragment is small and difficult to see, use a magnifying glass to locate it.

cole, into injury or to trust a person with a straight hand.
Although I used tweezers to pull the glass out of my leg.

Damn, of course it's all okay. The last option is that they will cut them there, etc. - why the hell do I need this) And there is no pole yet.

The question is that I was advised to make a compress with Demiksin, and then Vishnevsky ointment. And it should come out.

24.12.2009, 14:24

Cole,
if you can’t see where the fragment is, it means it’s small. In this case, you can try gluing a piece of aloe (cut a leaf and apply the cut to the place where it stings, fix it with a bandage, or just tightly with a bandage). Better - at night. During this time the fragment should come out

Babruisky...

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The fragments can be of different sizes and shapes. Basically, small fragments cause more discomfort and problems, since it is difficult to pull a glass shard out of your finger. Now there are a large number of methods on how to remove a shard of glass.

How to remove a shard of glass - instructions

It is not recommended to press or squeeze the area where the fragment is located, as this may deepen it further. Due to these manipulations, the fragment can split into several parts and this can significantly complicate the entire process of removing it;

To remove a glass shard, you need to wash the affected area with soap and wipe dry with a towel that absorbs moisture well;

It is worth carefully examining the damaged area under a magnifying glass in order to examine it in more detail and understand how to more conveniently get to it and remove it;

After this, carefully remove the shard and clean the affected area. Apply...

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Good day everyone!

The situation is this: yesterday a glass glass broke, and I apparently stepped on a fragment. Now my foot hurts - when I step on it appearance- I can’t find anything. Who knows what to do now? maybe there are some remedies...

There is only one way - go to the emergency room and they will take everything out there. or to a surgeon.

Babruisky Saboteur

24.12.2009, 14:13

Tweezers; - antiseptic; - syringe needle; - hydrogen peroxide; - ichthyol ointment or Vishnevsky ointment; - bandage.

"Root therapy"

The disadvantages of this method: bad smell and the greasy consistency of the ointment itself, which is very difficult to wash off from clothes if it’s already dirty....

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Fujimama

11.03.2012, 22:16

The child got some glass into his leg somewhere, it’s very small, I practically can’t see it, I can’t get it out.
Maybe there are some folk recipes folk, so that it comes out on its own?

11.03.2012, 22:22

And why exactly folk ones? Maybe you can get to the hospital - they will take it out for you in the waiting room and go home. If there really is glass, I wouldn't risk it.

Fujimama

11.03.2012, 23:07

I can’t imagine how they can take it out there? He is not visible, the son does not give in, he says it hurts.

Dasha-Petya

11.03.2012, 23:34

try to steam your leg, then, if it doesn’t work out on its own, then feel it under a magnifying glass with tweezers. If it doesn’t work out again, go to the surgeon.

Fujimama

11.03.2012, 23:42

If you steam your leg, you won’t see anything, the tissues swell, I’ve already experienced this myself.
There is some way, but I forgot it. I need a flatbread...

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Novosibirsk, July 2 – AiF-Novosibirsk. Summer this year, of course, is not pampering, but many Novosibirsk residents are trying to spend warm days in nature - outside the city or on the beach. Here we are faced with such dangers as garbage in the form of fragmented glass from empty bottles left behind by careless vacationers.

Will steam help?

What should you do if, after a pleasant walk through the forest or the beach barefoot, you receive a “surprise” in the form of a piece of bottle glass?

Often small glasses that have gotten under the skin are felt, but not visible. Moreover, if you touch the wound, blood begins to flow. Traditional medicine in this situation advises to steam the place where the fragment is stuck in hot water, then it can come out on its own.

"Root therapy"

Another popular advice...

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Thanks for the info))
The wound became inflamed, but it turned out for the better: now we managed to open it, and it seems that the entire remaining fragment came out along with the wound. It was generally microscopic, a millimeter long, and thin as a hair. Unfortunately, it was not visible under the iodine. Everything would be bullshit, but right in the middle of the pad thumb- it was very disturbing. I hope this is the end of the torment))
Until the evening I’ll put a band-aid on it with some kind of Vishnevsky ointment or something like that - maybe I’ll have time to heal...

A splinter can penetrate the skin while working in the garden, or during any household or household activities. Sometimes the splinter is so small that a person almost does not feel its presence. In this case, the skin itself will expel the foreign body over time. But if the splinter is so large that it causes discomfort and pain, urgent measures must be taken to remove it as quickly as possible.

What to do if a splinter stuck in your hand

1. Before taking any measures to remove a splinter from your finger, you need to thoroughly wash your hands and all the tools that will be needed to carry out the “operation”. This is especially true if the splinter was acquired during dirty work - chopping wood, washing floors, working with wood.
2. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. Then use alcohol to clean the area where the splinter stuck, as well as the needle and tweezers. Have a couple of clean napkins ready. Instead of a regular sewing needle, it is better to use a sterile syringe needle.
3. It is best to remove a splinter in good daylight. If you have poor eyesight, wear glasses or use a magnifying glass.
4. If the splinter is so deep that it is impossible to pry up the tip, use a needle to carefully lift the skin above the splinter. If necessary, you can slightly tear the top layer of the epidermis.
5. When the tip of the splinter appears, pick it up with tweezers and carefully pull it out. It is better to do this at the same angle at which the splinter dug into the skin.
6. If the tip cannot be reached, it is better not to pick at the soft tissues and consult a doctor.
7. If you pulled out part of the splinter, but a piece of it remained in the skin, it is also better to consult a doctor. Because without special tools it will be quite difficult to remove a deep splinter.
8. After this, squeeze the skin around the wound so that the contaminated blood comes out.
9. The final stage of the procedure is treatment with an antiseptic. This is very important, because the splinter could carry bacteria and microbes deep inside the tissues. It is best to treat the wound with hydrogen peroxide, boric acid or medical alcohol. Regular vodka will also work. If the wound is open and large, you can apply a bandage or apply an antiseptic plaster.
10. Monitor the condition of the wound for a couple of days after the incident. If the skin turns red, swelling appears, or pain is felt, you should consult a doctor. An infection has probably occurred.

How to remove a splinter

But you don’t always have sterile instruments at hand that can be used to remove a splinter. This is especially true for hiking conditions. Here are some simple tips to help you remove a splinter quickly and painlessly.

1. Scotch. This method is suitable for extracting large quantity small splinters. For example, if you were holding glass wool, a cactus, or small wooden objects in your hands. Tear off a piece of duct tape and apply it to the affected area. Don't press the tape too hard against your hand, as this could cause the needles to get pushed in even deeper. After this, carefully tear off the tape - you will see that most of the small splinters remain on the tape. Repeat the procedure several times until your skin is completely clean.
2. PVA glue. This method is suitable for children's splinters. It is quite difficult to remove a splinter from a child - it is rare that a child will allow himself to be pricked with a needle. To remove a splinter from your finger, you just need to generously coat it with glue. When it dries, the glue can be removed in one large layer. If the splinter is shallow, it sticks to the glue and is easily removed from the skin.
3. Soda. If the splinter is deep and it is not possible to pry it off, you need the skin itself to give it to you. To do this, mix baking soda with water to make a paste. Apply the paste to the wound and secure with a bandage or bandage. After a few hours, the skin will swell and squeeze out the foreign body. If this does not happen, it will be much easier to pull the splinter out of the soft, swollen skin.
4. Iodine. If the splinter sits so deep that there is no way to get it out, smear the wound with iodine every three hours. The wooden splinter will simply burn and after a while will come out on its own. Iodine helps to destroy the sharp structure of the splinter, thereby relieving the person of pain.

Folk remedies for removing splinters

1. There is an easy way to self-heal a splinter using salt water. But it is only effective if it is applied immediately after the splinter is received. Pour water into a glass at the hottest temperature you can stand. Dissolve three tablespoons of salt in water. Immerse your finger with the splinter in water for 20 minutes. After this, dry your finger and apply a sterile bandage. Hot salt water softens the tissue and removes the splinter.
2. To remove a deep splinter, you can use a banana peel. Tie a piece of peel to the damaged area of ​​skin with the pulp to the wound. Leave it overnight. In the morning, the splinter will be on the surface and it will be easier to pry it off.
3. Birch tar will help remove a splinter. Lubricate the place where the splinter has stuck with it, put a piece on top cling film and wrap it with a bandage. In a few hours, the tar will bring the splinter out and it can be easily removed. You can leave the compress on overnight.
4. If the splinter is already several days old, and an abscess has formed in its place, it is better to prepare such a remedy. Take medicinal or cosmetic clay and dilute it until creamy. Add a few tablespoons of vinegar to the mixture. Lubricate the damaged area with the resulting ointment. After the composition has completely dried, you can replace it with a fresh one. After just a few hours of such treatment, the skin will bring the splinter to the surface.

A splinter is a very unpleasant phenomenon. It’s amazing that such a small thorn can cause so much inconvenience. To avoid pain and discomfort, remove the splinter immediately after it penetrates your skin. We hope that our simple tips will help you get rid of the annoying splinter.

Video: how to remove a splinter from your finger

But many Novosibirsk residents try to spend warm days outdoors - outside the city or on the beach. Here we are faced with such dangers as in the form of shattered glass from empty bottles left behind by careless vacationers.

Will steam help?

What should you do if, after a pleasant walk through the forest or barefoot, you receive a “surprise” in the form of a piece of bottle glass?

Often small glasses that have gotten under the skin are felt, but not visible. At the same time, if you touch the wound, then... Traditional medicine in this situation advises to steam the place where the fragment is stuck in hot water, then it can come out on its own.

"Root therapy"

Another popular tip says that a compress of grated potatoes will help. To do this, you need to cut a circle or square out of polyethylene and make a hole in it. Then secure it tightly to the leg with an adhesive plaster so that it does not slip; the hole should be located exactly on the wound. You need to put raw grated potatoes in place of the “hood”, cover the top with a piece of polyethylene and bandage it overnight. According to the authors of the recipe, by morning the fragment will be pulled out, and all that remains is to remove it and treat the wound.

Another option is to apply a baked onion to the wound. To do this, you need to cut it in half and bake it in the oven. The onion should be applied warm, but not hot.

"Really, ethnoscience often promotes potato compresses as a way to pull out a foreign body, says Yuri Alekseevich. - I’ve never heard of onions before. I can say about potatoes that they can help when drawing out pus, but glass... It’s unlikely, such an effect is in no way confirmed either from the point of view of physiology or from the point of view of physics.”

Toothed doctor

If the child is small, some advise the mother to pull it out... with her teeth. Moreover, the author of this text is personally acquainted with several mothers who practice similar methods. Then everything ended quite happily, but experts do not advise using this in practice:

“Firstly, this can make the child even more painful,” says the expert. - Secondly, there is more in the oral cavity various types bacteria than in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract, from 160 to 300 different species. Bacteria enter there with the air and are constantly present in the microflora. Their entry into the bloodstream is extremely dangerous and undesirable.”

Home operation

On online forums devoted to this issue, many are inclined to do it at home. Before doing this, you need to thoroughly wash your hands and also treat the tools with an antiseptic: a needle (sewing or medical syringe) and tweezers. If there is no antiseptic, you can hold the tools in the fire of a lighter or gas stove.

To facilitate access to the fragment, the wound is widened with a needle. Before removing the glass from your leg, you should make sure that you can reach the wound yourself. If not, you will have to turn to someone for help. You should try to carefully remove the fragment from the widened wound with tweezers at the same angle at which it stuck.

After the glass is removed, the wound must be treated with hydrogen peroxide, and its edges lubricated with brilliant green or iodine. If the wound is small, it is enough to cover it with an antiseptic plaster. If its size is large, it is lubricated with antiseptic ointment - tetracycline or streptocide - and then bandaged on top. This should reliably prevent infection.

“This is perhaps one of the most adequate ways to get rid of a foreign body under the skin,” says Yuri Polynin. “But here you should be confident in your abilities: if you are afraid of blood, cannot reach the wound or do not know how to treat it, it is better to go to the clinic at your place of residence, where you will be provided with qualified assistance, completely eliminating the possibility of infection.”

If you have driven a splinter into your leg or arm, a needle, tweezers and alcohol will help you quickly remove it. find out different ways How to safely remove a wooden, metal or glass splinter at home.

There are several ways to remove a splinter. It all depends on its size, material, how deep it goes, and where it is located.

To remove a splinter from your finger, you can use one of the remedies given below.

Hydrogen peroxide

1. Moisten a sponge with hydrogen peroxide and wipe the affected area. The skin will become soft.
2. Take tweezers and remove the splinter.

Baths with salt and soda

1. Pour into a bowl warm water. Add 1 teaspoon of soda and 1 tbsp. spoon of salt.
2. Add two drops if desired lavender oil. It has antibacterial properties.
3. Steam the arm or leg into which you have driven a splinter. To remove, use a needle and tweezers disinfected with alcohol.

Needle and tweezers

1. Wash your hands with soap and dry with a towel.
2. Examine the splinter. If it is small, use a magnifying glass. It will help you see in which direction to pull it out of the skin.
3. If part of the splinter is visible, use tweezers treated with alcohol.
4. Pull it out in the direction it hit.
5. If the splinter is deep, use a needle disinfected with alcohol. Use it to pull the splinter to the surface of the skin. Pull the emerging end of the splinter evenly with tweezers.

Before removing the splinter from your heel, soak your foot in a bowl of warm water. Add salt and soap. Hold for 5-10 minutes. The skin will soften and you will quickly remove the foreign body.

To remove a splinter from your heel you will need:

• antibacterial soap;
• scotch;
• sponges or cotton wool;
• medical alcohol or vodka;
• tweezers;
• haze;
• bactericidal patch.

Instructions:

1. Treat the affected area of ​​skin with a sponge soaked in alcohol.
2. Apply tape tightly to the place from which part of the splinter is visible.
3. Tear off the adhesive tape sharply in the direction of the protruding end of the splinter.
4. If you find that some of the fragments remain under the skin, remove them with a needle and tweezers. Sterilize before use.
5. Use a needle to push back a thin layer of skin over the remains of the splinter and grab them with tweezers. Pull straight out and do not pull to the side or up, so as not to injure the skin.
6. After removing the splinter, treat the wound with alcohol and apply an antibacterial patch.

If the splinter is deep

You will need baking soda, cotton wool, adhesive tape and some water. Dissolve a teaspoon of baking soda in water to the consistency of thick sour cream. Apply to a cotton ball and place on the area with the splinter. Secure with a criss-cross tape. Leave for 1-2 hours. Take cosmetic tweezers and cut off the softened skin in which the splinter will be visible.

If the splinter is deep and you can’t get it out, go to the emergency room.

Glass shards are a common type of splinter and difficult to remove. You will need to be vigilant and patient, as remaining fragments of fragments in the skin can lead to inflammation.

To remove glass you will need:

• soap;
• medical alcohol;
• needle or tweezers;
• magnifying glass;
• anti-inflammatory ointment.

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands with soap.
2. Sterilize tweezers and a sewing needle by immersing them in a bowl of alcohol for 30 seconds. Tip: Tweezers with a tip are effective for removing glass. It's easier for them to grip slippery glass.
3. Use a needle to remove the small layer of skin that covers the splinter.
4. Take tweezers and grab the piece of glass. Do everything slowly so as not to crush it or push it deeper into the skin.
5. Look at the area where the fragment was removed using a magnifying glass. It will show whether all the fragments have been removed. Those that are difficult to detect will sparkle under a magnifying glass.
6. Soak a sponge in alcohol and wipe the wound. The site where the fragment was removed can be treated with anti-inflammatory ointment.

The metal splinter is pulled out using a needle and tweezers. If you have caught a small splinter, try removing it using PVA glue. Apply it to the wound treated with alcohol. When the glue dries, clean the skin. Small splinters will come out on their own.