Evil Hawthorn

[gary112]

Get them a fair bit with hedgelaying,sometimes its better to make a cut(with pocket knife)to get it out,cos the cut will heal quicker than leaving the thorn in and waiting

[Haironyourchest]

23 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Get them a fair bit with hedgelaying,sometimes its better to make a cut(with pocket knife)to get it out,cos the cut will heal quicker than leaving the thorn in and waiting

I'd love to buy or build a scalpel with an adjustable depth gauge. Something spring loaded would be nice. Set the depth of cut, place over splinter, close eyes and exhale, press button. 

[Stubby]

A steaming hedge hog poultice and a little larks vomit will sort it .  Old Inca trick . 👍

[Gav73]

I had a huge thorn go under my finger nail and snap off a couple of years back. I could only see a faint shadow of the thorn it was in really deep.

Tried cutting the nail as far back as I could to get it out - no luck with that and decided it would work it’s way out given time.

Next day I couldn’t put any pressure on that finger and it was swollen and red.

Decided the best course of action was to squeeze the finger as hard as I could after I’d soaked it in hot salty water. Many expletives were uttered, but after a load of pus came out, the thorn followed - it hurt like hell, but was much better the second it came out and healed very quickly!

[s o c]

Happened me once on wrist.

so sore I thought bone was broken.

doctor told me tip of thorn was most likely lodged in nerve. 
heput some sort of concoction in a poltus bandage thingy to draw it out and it was fine the following day

 

[htb]

Animal lintex poultice works well to draw them out.

[Jack.P]

Had my share of various thorny things .i use a pair of tweezers with one side sharpened.worst one was wasps I don’t mind hawthorns now lol unless it goes through a bone 

[Dbikeguy]

I keep a few new scalpel blades, great for almost pain free opening up of stuck thorn pricks. Found it heals faster than risking leaving the thorn in. pointy tweezers like needles help too

[sime42]

A vet I know uses big hypodermic needles to cut thorns out.

[Haironyourchest]

Hot strong chamomile tea. The chamomile stops or neutralizes the scalding, protects the skin, allowing hotter water to be used than normal. Trick from a nurse.