The permanone not only does a good job on ticks, but also chiggers - the little beasts reminded methe other week the consequences (intense itch) of wearing untreated jeans while walking through tallgrass.
I was treated twice for lyme's in the distant past -I waspulling embedded ticks almostdaily in spite of using both permanone and deet. One tick slipped by my survelliance andgave me abig bullseye rash. Igot the lyme's vacine when it was available several years ago - it was taken off the market because some people reacted badly to it (paralysis?), fortunately I was not one of them.
Lyme (and tick bites) should be taken seriously - I havea friend messed up physically and anotherfriend with neurological problemsbecause of lyme. My niece also had a close call with Rocky Mt spotted fever, another tick-borne disease.
-fsh