it would just get absorbed by my body, but it just became infected and painful. I repeatedly tried to needle and tweezer it out, but could not. After 3 weeks, I tried the baking soda method for 24 hrs; after the day of baking soda, I started to gently push my fingernail across the area and could not believe when I saw the spindly thorn push out of my skin! Thanks so much!"

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"I had failed to remove a small rose thorn from my index finger the day it became lodged in the finger. I figured