Increasing your knowledge about ticks and tick encounters will make you better prepared to protect yourself and others.
Steps to removing a Tick safely :
- Use a pointy tick removal tweezer
- Disinfect with rubbing alcohol
- Grab tick close to skin and use slow, steady motion to pull tick out
- Disinfect again
- Consider tick testing for infection
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!
