Getting Glass Out of Your Feet

NotSoDoomedRunner

Barefooters
Apr 27, 2011
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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.
 
Sweet!...and ouch
I’ve never heard of that one. Thanks for sharing.
 
That's good to know that trick works.
 
Interesting, wonder why that works? Does it work for other things that may get embedded, like wood splinters?