Received this in an email. Havn't had the opportunity to try it yet but being tick's are abundant it might do good to try this.

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>> It is the season for those nasty little ticks, what a neat way to get them off!
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>> A School Nurse has written the info below ------- good enough to share ------

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>> -------And it really works!! -------
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>> I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove atick.

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>> This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometimesdifficult to

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>> getto with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair,etc.
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>> Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with thesoap-soaked

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>> cotton balland 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 ballwhen you

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>> lift it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it--(and that was

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>> frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patientand easier for me.
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>> 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.

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>> She used this method and immediately called me back to say, 'Itworked!'
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