help

[Beth]

I moved a plant in to the green house at a friends house from out side as its getting colder and it needs to be inside, while I was doing it I got stabbed by a cacti
one of the those ones with fine needles

how do I get them out???

it really hurts now, did it yesturday :( all my index finger is sore :(

it looked like this.....one of those long thin ones, which has "joints" and lots of fine prickles.....

ok I cant add a pic for some reason :(

[freakyfun]

Hi Beth,

I feel your pain - I once stepped on a sea urchin whilst on holiday in Spain.

The spines would not come out either, not matter how deep I probed with needle and tweezers.

Eventually went to a local chemist, who had a special 'Sea urchin spine extraction cream'. It worked a treat - applied twice a day, 3 days later the black spines were poking out above the skin and could be grabbed and pulled out with tweezers easily.

Perhaps your local chemist could advise something similar?

FF

[Annabel]

B) Hi Beth, I know what you are going thru, I have literally, just this minute dug out a splinter from my hand with a safety pin...eeek! It had pus round it as well...yuk! 8-X

anyway, I seem to recall from my student days working p/time in Boots that
Magnesium Sulphate paste was always recommended for 'drawing things out'...
I wonder if they still sell it....maybe i should have gone and asked before I stabbed my hand!!! eeh its smarting a bit! :cry: