How to Know if the Tick’s Head Is Still in Your Skin After removing the tick with tweezers, take a close look at the tick bite. If you still see a tiny black dot in your skin, the tick's head ...

you can still get a tick bite. If that happens, use tweezers to get hold of the tick at its head and pull it straight off. Don’t twist it, or you could break part of the tick off in the skin.

"So it's important to check your skin and the skin of your children ... That does give you a better chance of catching the tick while still on the body, though. If you do find a tick on yourself ...