Cobleskill
Treehouser
I jammed a nice wide splinter of White Oak under my thumb nail 2 1/2 or 3 weeks ago. It came out intact I thought. About 10 days later I noticed the finger getting sore and could tell it was a little warm as well. I probed with a needle and got it to drain and soaked it in hot epsom salts for 1/2 hour twice a day. After a bit of that I could see what looked like a piece of splinter more than 1/2 way to the cuticle.
Standard procedure for a MD seems to be to cut a V out of your nail to get to the splinter. I considered using a Dremel and a cutoff wheel at slow speed. Finally got up the nerve to probe down that deep with pointed tweezers. I didn't really feel anything solid but maybe it was small pieces left that got soft. It wasn't as tender as I anticipated. Dumped some hydrogen peroxide in the hole and hoping for the best.
Standard procedure for a MD seems to be to cut a V out of your nail to get to the splinter. I considered using a Dremel and a cutoff wheel at slow speed. Finally got up the nerve to probe down that deep with pointed tweezers. I didn't really feel anything solid but maybe it was small pieces left that got soft. It wasn't as tender as I anticipated. Dumped some hydrogen peroxide in the hole and hoping for the best.