skelf stuck in finger. what to do?

[pillsthrillsandbellyaches]

hi. dd (2) has 5mm skelf stuck in her finger. it's right in with no edge sticking out to get a grip on and try and pull it out with.
will it come out itself? it happened on sat. its not giving her pain.
what should i do?

spelk darling

you should have got it out by now I would think

dont think it will come out by itself tbh

What is a 'skelf'

A skelf is a small piece of wood or thorn, usually. Very tiny.

I would recommend some magnesium sulphate - you can get it from the chemist, but if I remember right I got some from Tescos as well

Slabber (another good word for you WMMC) and stick a plaster over it, hopefully should be out overnight.

It might come out itself but unlikely for several days. Soak in a mug of as hot water as she can bear with some salt in it, as another MNetter suggested in the past some washing-up liquid to make the splinter expand and stick out. After about 10 minutes, try to squeeze the end out and remove with tweezers. You can also sterilise a needle and try to extract from the warm, puffed-up skin after the soaking.

what is a skelf?

its a tiny shard of wood.

and it's definately known as a skelf in scotland!

how am i gonna get it out trinity?

if i cant get it will we have to go to gp or a&e?

its a sodding spelk

oops. x post.

thanks very much for those suggestions guys.

will try tomorrow.

cheers.

Poor wee thing! Skelfs are horrible.
Try gently push it up and out, it may take a while then tweezers, you might have to break the skin a bit if it is deep.
As Trinity said - Not sure they come out by themselves.
My gran used to suck them out, not sure how that works though tbh.

Splinter surely? Agree with mag sulph paste, will draw it out.

Do you mean a splinter?

Yep. Not a spelk! It's a skelf in Scotland!!

I'M in scotland
ITS A SPELK

you're gonna have to hold her down and pick it out with a needle

God you Scots have appalling spelling.

S P L I N T E R

never heard of a spelk!! It is a skelf, so there!

p.s. I used a needle to get to ds's - he watched with great curiosity

Oh no, disagreement among you - is it a splinter / skelf / spelk movement thorn in your side?

1 vote for skelf.

and for a needle to howk it out. Gently (if that's possible).

In the north of England where I'm from, it's a spell. I had a much less polite way of describing the one stuck in my thumb for a week!

Its a S K E L F

And I vote for magnesium sulphate, much less traumatic than hoking and poking

LOL @ Whomovedmychocolate

Tis a splinter.

Skelf I love that word, no-one down here knows what I'm talking about when I say it!
Never heard of magnesium sulphate remedy I shall store it in my memory of sieve and ask same question when I have that problem

Skelf