slivers in dd's hand

mlf625

Is there some way to extract slivers that doesn't involve prying them out?  Poor Vivi somehow got a palm full of little slivers (there are 7ish of them).  I tried to use my nail to push at them gently but of course she had a total freak about it.

Uh.  Now what? 

naclh2otaffy

I've done this before successfully - put some sticky tape on the area and then remove the tape.  The sliver may stick to the tape and come out.

The interwebs suggested putting a dab of white glue on the area, letting it dry, and then peeling off the glue glob - the theory being that the slivers will come out too.

m_and_m

If the tape and glue tricks don't work, you can also coat the area with honey (for DD I put on a dab of honey then a band-aid on top) for a couple hours then use needle point tweezers. The honey moisturizes it or something and makes them come out easier and less painfully. I do it all the time for hair splinters on myself.

FireChiefsBride

I've had luck w/ Elmer's glue, dried. That might not work for tiny, squeezy hands, though.

ShernRich

Put oragel to numb the area first, and then pick them out with tweezers or duct tape. 

mlf625

Thanks for the tips!  Tried tape, honey, glue.  I was able to scrape a few out using my fingernail after doing the honey. She's still got a couple, though. 

ShernRich:

Put oragel to numb the area first, and then pick them out with tweezers or duct tape. 

I'm going to try that later!  Thanks.