Titanium sliver embeded in hand... Help.

[unterhaus]

I find that if I drag something like a needle or a toothpick around longwise on the skin where I think a metal sliver is buried that I can find it. Those tiny ones are really annoying.

[low_48]

The old woodworkers trick is to coat the area with white or yellow glue. Let it dry and then peel the glue off. The splinter will come out with the glue. Might work with metal, but I haven't tried it. Maybe if it was just carbon steel you would see some rust. HA! I too drag a needle over the area and wait for the "hit" of pain when I find the metal. Then I start digging.

[WayneHill]

Another woodworkers trick to remove wood splinters is to rub a 3M ScotchBright pad over it.

[One of Many]

Originally Posted by Siress I would've cut it out but I can't see them, not even an entry point. And the pain isn't focused really, I can barely tell which side of my hand it's on. Thanks for the tips guys, I guess I'll wait it out a couple of days and try the potatoe thing if it doesn't work its self out. Most of the chips are huge...

I keep a pair of tweezers that have a magnifying lens built onto them. Some have a really poor quality lens. Look around at your neighborhood drug store.

I have ground the tweezers to a very fine point with small flat inside faces, which if need be, helps keep the area of the dig local to the sliver. Otherwise they are like trying to grab a needle with a pair of 2x4's looking through the lens.

Another danger that might not be self evident. NEVER blow chips off your hand with compresses air. I made that mistake 25 years ago. The smallest hole put air under the skin in the blink of an eye. My hand looked like a latex glove balloon! It only takes 1 tablespoon of air in the blood stream to kill ya if it makes it to your heart!

DC