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Others have used duct tape over the splinter, again for hours. When removing the tape, the splinter may come out, too. In addition, the tape may soften the skin to make the wood easier to grab.

A video posted by Dr Myro Figura - who has 620,000 followers on the app - shows a mother removing a splinter using a handy tool that you'll probably find at the back of your medicine cabinet.

Again, these liquids help draw the splinter closer to the skin surface. 6. Similar to tape, a dab of nontoxic, water-soluble glue (like Elmer’s school glue) on the splinter can aid in removal.

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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?

That brief tug was transformed into a surgical billing code: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 10120, “incision and removal of a foreign body, subcutaneous” — at a cost of $414.