Tick removal - Does this work?? - 04/20/10
I saw this today and was wondering if anyone has tried it. I usually have to remove two or three a year from myself and this sounds easy. On the other hand, if it sounds to good to be true..................
Tick removal
Spring will be here soon and the ticks will soon be showing their heads.
Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets. Give
it a try.
Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs, or anyone
who even steps outside in summer!!
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 its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently,
and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because
she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She
used this method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!"
Tick removal
Spring will be here soon and the ticks will soon be showing their heads.
Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets. Give
it a try.
Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs, or anyone
who even steps outside in summer!!
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 its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently,
and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because
she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She
used this method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!"