Put some hot water in a small jar and hold it over the area where the splinter is, you need to make it airtight around the area and the splinter will be drawn out!
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How to remove a splinter
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Buy some magnesium sulphate paste from the chemist (very cheap) and apply it generously to the skin, put a plaster over the top and then leave overnight. The splinter will rise to the surface and should be pretty easy to get out.
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A splinter comes out much more easily if you soak the whole area in olive oil first.
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If it cannot be removed with a sterile needle then try a sugar and soap poultice. Mix a little sugar and a little soap to make a paste, apply it to the area of the splinter and put a plaster on it. This seems to draw the splinter out enabling you to squeeze it out or get it with a needle - gently!
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Depending on the size and where the splinter is located, suck it! The heat from your breath opens your pores and draws the splinter out. Or have a warm bath and gentle massage the area to help push it out.
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Soak foot (or whatever) in hot water for 15 mins in which you have dissolved Epsom Salts. Dry site thoroughly, spread Manuka honey on a band aid, stick over splinter and leave overnight. Then squeeze or remove with pointy tweezers.
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you'll need a needle and tweezers. just push the needle in your skin just under the splinter and poke it out and then use the tweezers to pull it out. the splinter should only be in the top layer of skin so it wont be as painful as it sounds!
