Splinters are fragments of wood that can puncture and get stuck in your skin. They are common, but painful. In many cases, you can safely remove a splinter yourself at home. If the injury becomes ...

Take a small bowl, add baking soda and water, and mix them to form a paste. Apply the paste on splinter and cover with bandage. Leave it overnight to loosen the splinter.

It is quite common to encounter a splinter in the skin. While superficially embedded splinters are easy to pick out, this may not be the case with large or deep splinters. Most splinters are made of ...