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 ...

Often, a person can remove a splinter at home using tweezers or duct tape. Applying some substances, such as Epsom salts or honey, may also help. Splinters are small fragments of material that become ...

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 ...