Things You Should or Shouldn’t Do When You Find a Tick Stuck on Your Skin

How (not) to – Guideline

The Right Ways

1. Use Fine-Tipped Tweezers

Using the right tools is an essential thing in order to remove ticks from the skin. According to the Center for Disease and Prevention (CDC), fine-tipped tweezers are the perfect tool.

2. Clasp the Tick as Close to the Skin’s Surface Feasible

Operating with your fine-tipped tweezers, clutch the tick as close to the skin’s surface as you can.

The reason behind this is because ticks enter the skin using their mouth, and the part that sticks on and at the same time out of your skin is their body.

That leaves the possibility of pushing the infected fluids into your body if you squeeze it by its belly, WebMD explains.

3. Steadily Pull Upwards

Once you grab the tick by its mouth, pull steadily in upwards motion in the opposite direction of the skin. Do not twist or wrench the tweezers, because this could break the ticks’ body apart.

In which case using the tweezers to remove the rest of the parts from the skin is your only option left.

4. Thoroughly Clean Your Hands and the Bite Spot

Rubbing the bite spot with iodine scrub or alcohol, as well as washing your hands with warm water and soap is essential once you’ve removed the tick.

5. Proper Disposal of the Tick

Removing the tick from the skin isn’t enough. You need to get rid of it properly.

You should soak it in alcohol, wrap it in a tape, flush it down the toilet or just put it in a sealed container/bag and throw it away.

6. Watch for Symptoms

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