How do you get a sliver out of your foot?


Question:
I walked through the yard the other day and I stepped on a thorn. The thorn loged into the bottom of my foot and it broke off about an 1/8 inch in. Its in the ball of my foot. It really hurts to walk but I have to anyway. Any ideas to get it out of there?

Answers:
soak your foot in warm water take a needle and twizzers...and go to town.
use needle to move skin around it then get splinters and pull!!
If its broke off to deep that a clean needle wont get out and with that you work from the botton of the thorn out to the top of the hole to ease it out. In a few days your body works the sliver out itself.
A needle and some tweezers. You tear the skin a little around it (just by it) and pry a little bit up with the needle. Then grab the sliver with the tweezers. It hurts.

It would help if you had someone do it for you if you can't reach. After it's out put Hydrogen Peroxide on it. Place bandaid if it's bleeding a little.
you can dig it out with a needle. or you can try soaking it in warm water. or you can get some tea tree oil and it is supposed to draw out the thorn. also you can leave it alone and it will fester up and pop out by its self. gross I know but yeah. if you do nothing pretty soon it will get all puss filled and pop right out.
I would sterilize a needle by getting it red hot (then cool it) and using that and a tweezer, try digging it out.
well, it's common sense really. get a needle, also massage the area with your fingers, push it out, use needle carefully ( I know it will hurt) wash your feet first, if you have some alcohol you can wet that area do disinfect, etc.

it's a combination for me. I use a needle, use my fingers to push out the sliver out. with the needle i stick it really close to the area and just try to push it out.
Have a nice warm bath or shower, if you let your foot soak in a warm liquid it'll come out easily.
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