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First, consider getting someone to do it for you -- it's really hard to do this in a mirror. Only tiny splinters should be addressed -- big ones may require medical attention to prevent scarring. Avoid the areas around the eyes. Gently wash the area of the face with soap and water. Get bright, direct light on the subject. Then you can probe with tweezers, and by simply looking for the reflection off the glass. Remove the glass by gently wiping with gauze, so it traps in the gauze, or with tweezers. Be careful not to squeeze hard and break the glass more. Afterwards, apply a gentle antiseptic. You probably won't get them all at first. While glass can exist in the body without causing a reaction, you'll find that a lot of the glass fragments will express to the skin surface over the next month or so, without any help from you. If you fear that large pieces are embedded, especially near muscle or neural tissue, get your doc to remove them for you.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoI am assuming you have already been seen by a physician. For glass splinters or fine wooden splinters that are hard to see and may be sticking a little out of the skin take some medical tape and apply the sticky side of the tape to the skin. Gently remove the tape and hopefully most of the splinters will be pulled out with the tape. You may need to repeat this several times. Do not press hard, simply get the tape in contact with the skin and then remove. If you find some glass embedded, you will need to go to the doctor and see about removing. Glass is hard to show up on x-ray.
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