According to Huynh, covering as much of the skin as possible when outdoors is the best defense against tick bites. However, ...

Even though many pharmacies sell specialty tick tweezers, a pair of fine-tipped tweezers is all you need to get the job done. Here's how to do it: 1. Grasp the tick as close to its head as you can ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDLearning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you can’t rely on seeing the ...

“To minimize the retention of tick parts onto the skin during removal, you should use fine-tip tweezers to grasp the tip as close to the skin surface as possible where the tweezers should grasp ...

How do you tell the difference? Poke the tick with tweezers. “If they wiggle a lot of leg, they’re alive, and if they don’t, they’re dead,” Reif says. Ticks with longer mouth parts such ...