Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California ER doctor Joe Whittington recommends using a clean, unused medicine syringe to create a suction to easily remove a ...

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 ...

The carefree barefoot days of summer can increase your risk of getting a splinter -- pieces of wood or other foreign bodies that are partially or fully stuck in the skin. Most splinters are easily ...

A simple splinter removal method is to clean the area, gently lift the splinter out with sterilized tweezers in the same direction it entered, then disinfect the skin to prevent infection.