I've got glass in my hand. It's been there for a while about 2-3 years. Will it surface and come out by it self or will I need to get it taken out by surgery.
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Two to three years... your skin has already healed with the glass in it, so you're going to need to have it removed professionally.
I was in a car accident when I was 16 and I am now 65. I had shards of glass from the windshield imbedded into my forehead that the doctor could not remove. A few years later, I was still picking glass out of my forehead and this lasted about 6 weeks.
It will not come out by itself. You have skin that healed over it. A doctor will have to take care of it.
Occasionally, a piece of glass or a splinter that has been under the skin for a long time will work itself to the surface but I would not wait or count on this happening.
I think it's best to visit the clinic or doctors to see if its severe.
If it was a week or two I would say yes this can happen. Now the skin is healed and the glass will remain inside and it isn't possible to come out now.
I got a tiny piece of pencil led stuck in thumb when I was in elementary school. I can still feel it. It feels like a little teeny hard spot but has not ever caused me a problem. I am now 47 and never had any health problems what so ever and feel like I am 30. It's been a good entertaining story to spark conversation.
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