For the third time in several months, I got a glass splinter in my foot. The first was from a Christmas ornament. The second was a peice of beer bottle on the road (I currently live near the GHETTO but I am moving next week, woohoo! No fear of being stabbed on long runs!), and the third from shattered glass on the road. The 2 on the road were both in the dark.
Anyhow. For the ornament, it went very far up the foot and I had to get it cut out by a doctor. The second one I was able to slice out easily myself.
This time it was like a splinter of glass and no longer poking out. I tried to get it but there was no way. So, I looked it up online and tried the baking soda method. Basically, last night I made a paste of baking soda and water and put it on liberally so you could not see skin in that 1cm area, just the white lump. I then put tape over it. By this morning it made my foot spit out the glass and I am good to go.
Just thought I would pass that along.
Anyhow. For the ornament, it went very far up the foot and I had to get it cut out by a doctor. The second one I was able to slice out easily myself.
This time it was like a splinter of glass and no longer poking out. I tried to get it but there was no way. So, I looked it up online and tried the baking soda method. Basically, last night I made a paste of baking soda and water and put it on liberally so you could not see skin in that 1cm area, just the white lump. I then put tape over it. By this morning it made my foot spit out the glass and I am good to go.
Just thought I would pass that along.