In the well-known fable Androcles and the Lion, a tiny splinter brought the mighty lion to his knees. And if you’ve ever had a spiky splinter puncture your tender skin, you can relate. Getting a ...

Don’t let a splinter get out of hand — a California ER doctor is sharing his simple removal hack. Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe on TikTok, recommends getting a clean, unused medicine ...

If you’ve ever had a splinter before, then you’ll know they can be painful and often quite difficult to remove, too. So, what happens if you don’t take out a splinter? Splinters can break the skin, ...

You may remember as a child having a needle-welding parent dig a splinter out of your skin while you wiggled and winched. The sharp prick of the needle was probably worse than the splinter itself.

When my 3-year-old came home from preschool with a splinter in two of his fingers, I immediately turned the tweezers over to my husband. “I’m just not good at getting them out,” I told my son, even as ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury. But, there are ...