Tick removal tip

imported
#1

A School Nurse has written the info below – good enough to share-- And it really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick.
This is great , because it works in those places where it’s some times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20),the tick will come out on it’s own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
Please pass on , everyone needs this helpful hint.

vicki

#2

The above treatment will also work if you want to remove a human from your butt!

Nimblefoot

#3

Man…that would have to be one bigass cotton swab!

Thanks for the tick-tip vicki! Always cool info available on this site.

Michele

#4

This should only be a last resort way to remove a tick.

This goes along with the apply (fill in the blank like vaseline) to remove a tick. This might result in regurgitation of ingested blood into the wound thus increasing greatly the chances of getting a disease from the tick.

nrkybill