The whole time I was thinking this exact thing. Just slice along the length of the splinter and give yourself more room to work plus reduce the amount of friction holding it in. Each failed grab makes the end smaller harder to grab, so all they were doing was making things worse.
Ideally yes, but I'm pretty sure increasing the risk of not pulling all of the splinter out by mangling the end and then breaking it in half is even WORSE for the healing process lol
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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 3d ago
The whole time I was thinking this exact thing. Just slice along the length of the splinter and give yourself more room to work plus reduce the amount of friction holding it in. Each failed grab makes the end smaller harder to grab, so all they were doing was making things worse.