You should try to draw it out. If it’s far under hard skin, soak the area in warm water.

There are a variety of things that work to “get it out”.

My favorites: Tweezers & Duct Tape.

It’ll work itself out. And what @SpatzieLover said, if it’s very far in. If not, don’t worry.

Leave it.

I would also wait for it to come to the surface on its own, if it’s too painful to dig around and get it out yourself now.

I used to get slivers as a kid all the time. I left them in, and eventually they just… disappeared. I never quite figured out where they went, but I’m still alive.

^ Yep.

Spatzielover is correct. Warm water should make your skin softer and easier to remove the splinter. Use alcohol afterwards to be safe.

I always dig em out. Burn the tip of a safety pin, grab some tweezers, and get to it.

For the people who are saying I need to dig it out, do you know a reason that’s important? Thanks.

I always do what it takes to get it out , because with out fail it always seems when you least expect it to suddenly Flair up…..and you look down to where you feel pain all of a sudden and remember Oh Yeah I remember when I got that splinter…. by this tie it is usually swollen, red, possibly on the verge of getting infected… ; / That’s what I would do

OK, this is going to sound weird, but it just worked for me. Put a piece of duct tape over the entry wound. Wait (I waited overnight) and then when you take it off the splinter should be stuck to the duct tape.

”* Place a piece of duct tape over the splinter and leave on for a half hour. Then slowly peel away. The splinter should come off with the tape.”

Natural News

^Yep. @marinelife That practice is precisely what we do here if we get a sliver of glass in our foot or hands, also. It works like a charm!

What kind of wood? Several woods can be poisonous—treated wood for outdoors like a deck may have copper or arsenic in the preservative. The first wood I would worry about is Redwood, it has toxins in it. Also some fruit tress may cause a reaction from cyanide.

Good point, Tropical Willie, but it’s been in for 48+ hours so I’m guessing I’ve done most of the absorbing I’ll do from it. It’s probably maple or some other common non-tropical wood it was from a light-colored, unfinished wine rack.

It’s not just absorption, the redwood with cause a massive infection.

When in doubt, let the MD sort it out.