Any tricks to getting cactus needles from under toenails

[Budman68]

Apparently my daughter decided to step on a cactus today. I couldn't get much of it out, so should we just let if dissolve or have the doc pull it out. The is about 1/4" in there.

[MadHatter]

I've done it to fingernails with splinters.
I'm the kinda guy that would go crazy until I got it out.
It can be a sob though!!
They have tweezers that are basically 2 needles on the ends, and work good.

[Walker]

It won't dissolve. Sounds painful. Either doctor or wait til it festers.

[TP3]

Soak hand in hot water with Epsom salt, generally helps with bad splinters.

[myway]

****! That would drive me crazy just knowing it’s there. Good luck!

[AlaskaFlyerFan]

Soak hand in hot water with Epsom salt, generally helps with bad splinters.

I don’t get it?? How does soaking the hand help get the cactus out from under the toenail?

[oktx]

It's going to fester.

[trophyhunter01]

Those things don’t dissolve, skinned a lot of deer with cactus under the skin stuck in the meat in the front legs.

[White Falcon]

Drawing salve, Amazon. Will get to where you can gab it.

[UncleBubba]

It will not dissolve and the pain will only get worse. I had one stuck between my pointer and middle finger. Went to the dr and they cut the whole area up looking for it. 2 months later I couldn't take it anymore so I used my leatherman and found it myself. The pain was almost unbearable at that point.

[oktx]

Drawing salve, Amazon. Will get to where you can gab it.

Forgot about that. We use this.
https://www.hylands.com/products/prid-drawing-salve

[MadHatter]

It will not dissolve and the pain will only get worse. I had one stuck between my pointer and middle finger. Went to the dr and they cut the whole area up looking for it. 2 months later I couldn't take it anymore so I used my leatherman and found it myself. The pain was almost unbearable at that point.

Yeah buddy !!!

[Pedernal]

I had a piece of mesquite torn that was easily over 1/4 long on the tip of one of my fingers right below the nail. I didn't realize it was there until it started to get infected. That was some agonizing pain for the better part of two weeks. every time I grabbed anything or stuck my hand in my pocket it would remind me of the problem.

Hope you folks are able to get it out.

[redleif]

when I was a young man I would chase blue quail thru the South Texas brush. Would end up with plenty of thorns imbedded in my legs. I pulled the ones out that I could get to. The others I left alone and they would eventually work there way to the surface and just popped them out.

[bobc]

Mix up a salve of Epson salt and vasoline. Put a dop of it on there, and cover with a bandage. It will help draw it out.


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