Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic, or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath.

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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 ...