Glass splinter stuck in ball of foot

[CountessVonKnackerstein]

Any hints as to how to get the little blighter out???
Been soaking foot in hot salted water, DH has tried for an hour to withdraw splinter with tweezers but it's no use. Stuck.

Any suggestions?

Yes. Go to A&E, they will do it for you.

is it easy to see? i always seem to get things stuck in my feet - i resort to a needle and a magnifying glass but if that fails belles suggestion above is a gud un! good old minor injuries or A&E

DH had this (although was in his heel), went to A&E, was told he was likely to be there all night with such a minor injury. Came home, I went at it with a pointy tweezers and a magnifying glass. It hurt, but I got it out.

depends on how busy your hospital is though bibi - ours is tiny and not busy and we are always in and out!

I'd go to A&E as it needs clean instuments to get it out. Not meaning to say you are slatern or anything though.

Magnesium sulphate paste.

i'll second magnesium sulphate paste

It's out, yaay!! The problem was that I couldn't see it, so i resorted to good old daylight, picked off the top skin with a needle and got it with tweezers. Was teeny !
thank you for suggestions :)

Do you have a WIC or MIU near you?
These are the sort of places rather than a busy A&E unit to get small but annoying problems sorted out.
You will probably have a much shorter wait too.
Agree with the mag sulphate paste though. Put it on and then a plaster over it and see if it draws out the splinter of glass

Sorry countess, must be feeling tired and not noticed that you had got the glass out before I posted!