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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Won’t that just cut off its head and leave the parts behind? I thought that was the general problem with using tweezers.

Luckily we don’t generally get ticks but the last time I tried to remove one I completely screwed it up, so I always take my kids to urgent care to have it done. It wouldn’t take much for that to become ruinously expensive

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think the idea is to get the floss just tight enough to not slip over the body.

    I have this mental image of you as a govt agent choking someone out with a wire and then years later as a civilian trying to remove ticks off kids. "Dang it, cut it in half again. Why does this keep happening to me?"

    Pick up some of those plastic tick spoons. I ordered a three-pack real cheap and keep one in the truck and one in the kitchen.

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