The filmer said: "The video shows the removal of a large wooden splinter that had embedded itself deeply under my thumbnail. "To access and extract it, I had to carefully trim and grind away part of ...

They may not be a matter of life and death, but knowing how to remove a splinter correctly can relieve someone from ongoing pain or subsequent complications.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic or a thorn that becomes embedded ...