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A School Nurse has written the info below -- good
enough to share -- And it really works!!

I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the
best way to remove a tick.
This is great, because it works in those places where
it's sometimes difficult to get
to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a
head full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover
the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball
and let it stay on the repulsive insect for a few
seconds (15-20), after which the tick will come out on
it's own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift
it away. This technique has worked every time I've
used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less
traumatic for the patient and easier for me.

Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that
this would be damaging in any way. I even had my
doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one
stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with
tweezers. She used this method and immediately called
me back to say, "It worked!"