Yeah, I pulled a lot of ticks off of me over my 46 years and never really thought about lyme disease until the last couple of years. Best thing that I have tried to keep them off of me is the Repel Permanone. I was out in the woods a lot over the 4th of July holiday, sprayed my clothes with that stuff and didn't find a tick on me except one. I think that one hitched a ride on my equipment and got me after I got my clothes off. Used it last year with only one tick getting on me, and that was on my hand, where I didn't have the protected clothing.