Flesh-colored splinters can be devilishly difficult to extract, mainly because locating them is such a challenge. A drop of iodine or povidoneiodine stains the splinter and makes it easier to find-and at the same time provides antisepsis.
Just Dyeing to Remove a Splinter
Flesh-colored splinters can be devilishly difficult to extract, mainly because locating them is such a challenge. A drop of iodine or povidoneiodine stains the splinter and makes it easier to find-and at the same time provides antisepsis.
-- Michael G. Pierik, MD
Wakefield, RI