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Magazine article
What’s the best way to remove a splinter?
The Conversation
23/01/2026
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Abstract
Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath.
The outer skin layer, known as the epidermis, has a high level of pain receptors. The layer just underneath, called the dermis, has even more of them, potentially making such injuries very painful.
Knowing how to remove a splinter may not be a matter of life and death. However, good technique can relieve someone from ongoing pain or subsequent complications.
Details
- Title
- What’s the best way to remove a splinter?
- Creators
- Andrew Woods - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013345638302368
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article