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|Articles|December 31, 2006
To BB, or Not to BB: An Answer to a Deep Question
Pellets from a BB gun can lodgetoo deep in the flesh to be retrievedwith ordinary forceps.
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Pellets from a BB gun can lodgetoo deep in the flesh to be retrievedwith ordinary forceps. However, thespoon end of a comedo extractorfits BBs perfectly; it can be used tosnare a pellet and remove it from thewound with little tissue damage.
-Donald J. Kovacs, MD
Boiling Springs, Pa
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