as an avid fisherman its sometimes hard to avoid these.. i stepped on a brand new crank bait (bc i was walking on the deck barefooted, dumb i know) and there was no pulling it out bc the skin on your feet is so thick. well mine is atleast. i had to push it through the skin cut the barb and pull it out.. hurt like a ----------
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Yep, ain't fun! At about 13 I got a large catfish hook in the side of my head, doc had to cut the eye of the hook off and push it on out, rather than try to make a cut large enough to back the barb out.
Yes, I did this for my wife when she got a hook in her thumb, and pushing it through wasn't an option - it would have had to go through the nail. It really does work.
Of course, if the barb is already all the way through, I'd cut the eyelet also...
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My Dad took two of them out of me back in the 70s. One year then the next. Never did that again!