How to remove a tick the right way

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Tick season is here. Here's how to remove and dispose of one safely.

The right way to remove a tick is with tweezers grasping the nasty little bloodsucker as close to your skin as possible, said Dr. Laura Goodman, an assistant research professor at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York. “And you want to do it in one smooth motion,” she advised. “You don’t want to try to twist it around or add any substance. The key is to get it out as cleanly as possible.”There are a couple of reasons for grabbing a tick close to your skin.

After you remove the tick, clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water,“If you want to have the tick identified, having the complete body including the head is important,” she explained. “There are multiple different types of ticks out there and they all look very much the same to the naked eye. Unless you get them under the microscope and are able to look at the mouth parts they are sometimes impossible to distinguish from one another.

It's important to make sure you get the head out because it could cause a local skin infection if you leave it behind, Goodman warned. Another important rule: You also need to be very careful not to squeeze the tick’s body, Goodman said. That’s because, if the

 

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With your teeth

Sorry, tweezers tend to leave the head and pinchers in.... I slather Vicks VapoRub on it until it lets go... They hate eucalyptus

Bribery works well.

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If the answer isn't 'scream bloody murder at your husband' like I did to get mine removed, I am not sure I trust the article!

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