Ouch! Have had my share of cactus attacks as well. The Texas Children's Hospital also acknowledges that catus needles may be somewhat difficult to remove because they break when pressure is applied with a tweezers. Here's what they suggest to get rid of them ...
Facial gel: Apply a layer of facial gel or wax depilatory (hair remover). Let it air dry for five minutes or accelerate the process with a hair dryer. Then peel it off with the spicules. The others will usually work themselves out with normal shedding of the skin.
Tape: Another option is to lightly touch the area with packaging tape or another very sticky tape.
How deep are the needles? Do you see signs of an infection now?
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Ouch! Have had my share of cactus attacks as well. The Texas Children's Hospital also acknowledges that catus needles may be somewhat difficult to remove because they break when pressure is applied with a tweezers. Here's what they suggest to get rid of them ...
Facial gel: Apply a layer of facial gel or wax depilatory (hair remover). Let it air dry for five minutes or accelerate the process with a hair dryer. Then peel it off with the spicules. The others will usually work themselves out with normal shedding of the skin.
Tape: Another option is to lightly touch the area with packaging tape or another very sticky tape.
How deep are the needles? Do you see signs of an infection now?
June 4, 2008 - 9:09pmThis Comment
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