Selma Hunter
Established Users
From an internet posting - let us know if it works. I hope is is helpful to some of you, although I know that a few of you seem to be allergic to soap!
LOLOL
Easy Tick Removal
I think it is worth sharing...especially since this is tick season...
A pediatrician tells what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great , because it works in those places
where it's sometimes 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.
This technique has worked every time it's used it , and it's much less
traumatic for the patient and easier for the person trying to remove it.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way.
Selma
LOLOL
Easy Tick Removal
I think it is worth sharing...especially since this is tick season...
A pediatrician tells what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great , because it works in those places
where it's sometimes 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.
This technique has worked every time it's used it , and it's much less
traumatic for the patient and easier for the person trying to remove it.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way.
Selma