A method and article for removing splinters is provided. First a generally flat lancet is removed from its packaging. The disposable lancet is then used to pierce the patients skin and loosening the skin in the area adjacent to the splinter before tearing the skins with a sharp point of the lancet. Then the lancet is bent at bend line located at center between both end points till the points of each end are parallel and aligned so their able grasp objects between the points. The lancet should look and function more so like tweezers after the previous step. The foreign object can now be removed, thereafter the lancet, packaging and splinter is now disposed of.