How to take a thorn out of your hands (or foot, leg, whatever)
Monday, June 30th, 2008 by Agro Rachmatullah
Well, not a thorn actually, but I got a small furniture splinter stuck on my right hand’s palm. I used the old and trusted method to get the invasive object out…
First, you need to have a safety pin which we call “peniti” in Indonesia. Then, burn the sharp tip in the stove to make the safety pin… er… safe to use! It’s supposed to kill all the evil microbes in it. You can see in the photo above that it’s pitch black because of the fire.
After that just use the sharp end to stab and push the wood fragment out. It might hurt a lot depending on the penetration deepness. But of course it’s better than letting the small thing stay there and risk an infection.
Quite easy, actually…