Eww...

[Dave]

I got a bunch of gorse needles stuck in my thumb from that bloody t-connector the other day and now they are all swollen and infected looking, anybody know how i can get them out?

:(

[Scrivo]

Tom put up a post a while back saying to get a blade and cut them out. Sounds like a good option. I got a needle in my thumb about 2 years ago now and its still in there!

[Liam]

Tweezers or nail clipper work best for me, and use some savlon or suda-cream to get rid of infection.

[TomH]

Soak your hand in hot/warm water to soften the skin then take a stanley blade or similiar and use it to open the skin around the needle. Once the skin is opened up a bit squeeze the skin and the head of the needle should protrude past the skin, when it does so pluck it out with a tweezers, may take a few attempts ...but when you do it's incredibly satisfying...oh and disinfect the tools first, enjoy...

[fenris]

Don't squeeze before you open the skin, as they just go deeper, 'cos that is the way that the pointy end is pointing!