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 ...

Don’t let a splinter get out of hand — a California ER doctor is sharing his simple removal hack. Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe on TikTok, recommends getting a clean, unused medicine ...

So how do you use a potato to remove a splinter? Here are the instructions from the Farmers’ Almanac: “Cut a potato into thin slices. Place one slice on the splinter (use the side without the skin).

Leaving a splinter in the skin can cause inflammation, infection and permanent bumps in the skin, medical experts said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A: We have several options to help speed splinter removal. Many readers have written about applying white glue (for example, Elmer’s) under a bandage for a few hours. Others have used duct tape over ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury. But, there are ...

You may remember as a child having a needle-welding parent dig a splinter out of your skin while you wiggled and winched. The sharp prick of the needle was probably worse than the splinter itself.

But post-pandemic, the idea has been revived, with the FDA looking at the question anew and a number of startup companies working to develop an at-home flu test, though it’s not clear when the first ...