How to Remove & Extract a Tick

If you spend time outside in the summer, especially in the woods, chances are you'll run into ticks. Ticks are small insects that latch onto your skin and suck your blood. They carry a variety of diseases, so if you find one on you or your pet, you should remove it as quickly as possible.

Things You'll Need

  • pointed tweezers
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Instructions

    • 1

      Find the tick. Peel back or remove clothing if you have to. If the tick is on your pet, you will have to part the pet's hair.

    • 2

      Grip the tick with pointed tweezers as close to your skin as possible. The tick's mouth will be embedded in your skin, and you want to grasp it near its mouth rather than on its body.

    • 3

      Pull the tick straight out of your skin.