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You can remove splinters, larger slivers, and thorns with a needle and tweezers. Check the tweezers before you start, to be certain the ends meet exactly. If they do not, bend them until they do. Sterilize the tools with rubbing alcohol or a flame.
Clean the skin around the sliver carefully with rubbing alcohol before trying to remove it. Be careful not to push the splinter in deeper. If you don’t have rubbing alcohol, use soap and water, but don’t soak the area if splinter is wood. Reason: soaking can cause swelling of the splinter.
Remove the splinter:
This method of fishhook removal is sometimes called the Advance and Cut Method.
There are four steps in removing a fishhook:
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