Getting a splinter out?

[Fridayschild]

DS got a splinter in his finger climbing on an old log in the park yesterday. It was so painful he only mentioned it to me tonight, 24 hours later . Now of course it is stopping him sleeping and I am required to extract it but the skin has started to grow over, so tweezers are not working. Does anyone have any other suggestions for us?

Any thing to make him sush and go to bed vasaline, cream and a plaster and let him know it will be ready to come out in the morning if he sleeps now.

sterilised pin to take the skin off then use tweezers

Magnesium sulphate paste slathered over splinter, then put a plaster on. It will definitely work.

Zinc paste, cover with plaster. It will draw it out

Leave a plaster on overnight, softens the skin so it'll be easy to pull out tomorrow

Try soaking his hand in warm water for 5 - 10 min to soften skin, my dd won't let me near her with tweezers so I put some germolean or any antiseptic on and a plaster overnight and that helps to draw it out.
Or if it has to be out tonight try to pick with a pin a little down the side to uncover it so u can grab better with tweezers! Good luck

DS had one in his foot two weeks ago. Managed to get half of it out and the bugger split, he wouldn't let me near it again. Ended up coating it in germoline with a plaster over the top, a few baths... It came out of it's own accord a few days later.

Baking soda mixed into a paste and a plaster for 24 hours, draws it out no problems and no tweasers (to much risk of infection).

Leave it alone - foreign bodies make their own way out.

Mag sulph can be an irritant.

If it needs "treatment" to help him sleep then put magic cream on (eg Savlon) and a plaster!