The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using fine-tipped tweezers for removing ticks. But what if you don't have any handy? I discovered a little-known tip some years ago ...

Spotting a tick in your dog's fur can be alarming, but removing it properly is crucial to prevent infections and other complications.

Here’s how to remove a tick that’s attached to your skin, according to the CDC guidelines: Use fine, pointed tweezers to grab the tick close to the skin. Lift steadily without twisting the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using fine-tipped tweezers for removing ticks. But what if you don't have any handy? I discovered a little-known tip some years ago ...

You can usually remove a tick head safely using tweezers or a needle. Other popular remedies, like using a credit card, may do more harm than good. Share on Pinterest Gutaper/Getty Images Ticks ...

Speaking of… When you’re ready to remove a tick from your body (or someone else’s), use your tweezers to clasp its mouth, which is the part digging into your skin. Don’t grab the entire body.

“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 ...

If the tick is attached to the person's skin, remove it immediately: Wearing gloves, grasp the tick with clean tweezers as close to the skin as possible to remove the head and mouthparts.

“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 ...