Never try to squeeze a splinter out or apply pressure to the region surrounding the splinter, as this might cause the splinter to split or go deeper into your child's skin. Splinters are very common ...

The carefree barefoot days of summer can increase your risk of getting a splinter -- pieces of wood or other foreign bodies that are partially or fully stuck in the skin. Most splinters are easily ...

A mother has revealed her ingenious and pain-free trick for removing splinters involving using a simple Calpol syringe. Claire Bullen-Jones, from Wigan, shared the tip on Facebook, having used it to ...

The 'genius' hack is said to easily remove splinters from your child (stock image). Picture: Getty The clever hack is also said to help remove bee venom and glass in a simple and pain-free way A mum ...

They are an irritating inevitability of many household tasks - particularly building flat-packed furniture. For adults, removing a splinter is no big deal. But when it comes to children, it can be an ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury. But, there are ...

Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

A QC at one of London’s top legal chambers is accused of “hounding” out a fellow barrister when she leaked that he had paid £75 for his daughter to have a splinter removed from her finger, a tribunal ...

Azizulhasni Awang, who crashed spectacularly as Sir Chris Hoy won the men's Keirin final at the Track World Cup last night, still has a splinter of the Manchester Velodrome track in his calf this ...