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May 1, 2009, 5:13 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Mandy  

My mother-in-law recently sent me an email that said to remove ticks easily, you should put liquid soap on a cotton ball and then put that on the tick. It's supposed to make the tick come loose. I just tried it. It didn't really work for me. The tick seemed to get "angry". He moved his legs away from my skin, but his head stayed in. The soap burned where the tick was located. I was able to remove him with tweezers.

Anyone have any easy ways to remove ticks? I live in the woods and they are very common here.

A friend of mine also sent me the email about using liquid soap on ticks. My Mom used to use nail polish remover on ticks. As far as I can remember, it works, but I haven't had a tick in years.

I was always told by my mom that one ought to use vaseline to remove ticks. She said if you slather vaseline on it, it will suffocate and will then die and of course come out of your skin. Thankfully I have not had occasion to try it but she says it works !

I have not heard of Vaseline being used on ticks. It makes sense. I will have to buy some. Ticks are very common here in the country. I hate them, but it's not uncommon to get them after a walk with the dogs.

Whatever method you use you need to be certain that you remove the whole tick. It is very easy to leave the head or part of the head in the skin. It will become infected. Been there. Fortunately it didn't get too ugly.

That happens a lot. I had to remove the head from my nephew last summer after it had been in for two days. He had showered and thought he had gotten it off but all he did was brush away the body. I had to dig with the tweezers to remove it.

Nasty little boogers aren't they! I hate the little suckers (literally). If you can cut off there air supply they will pull their heads out to breathe and you can dispose of them. Anything like vaseline or fingernail polish that completely cuts off their oxygen is good. They will pull out to breathe and then you can get rid of the little parasites.

I do not like bugs to start with but ticks I feel are the worst. I have not had one in years and I mean almost 20 by that. And I have never heard of any of these either.