Increasing your knowledge about ticks and tick encounters will make you better prepared to protect yourself and others.

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How to Remove a Tick

Step 1: Pointy Tweezers || Step 2: Location || Step 3: Direction and Speed || Step 4: Consider Testing

Step 2 : Where to Grab the Tick?

First, disinfect the area with rubbing alcohol.

When you're finished, place your tweezers as close to the skin as possible. With a pointy tweezer you should be able to grab the tick right above the head.

Grab tick with a Pointy Tweezer close to the skin

How NOT to Remove a Tick

Our testing staff at TickEncounter have tried more than a dozen reportedly foolproof methods for tick removal. The most suggested method we hear is to burn the tick off with a match or cigarette. Learn why this is incorrect!

How NOT to Remove a Tick