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Grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible using clean fine-tipped tweezers. If fine-tipped tweezers are not available, use regular tweezers or your fingers to grasp the tick.

If a tick is found, health officials advise removing it with fine-tipped tweezers by gripping the tick close to the skin and pulling straight out without twisting.

If you discover that you or someone else has been bitten by a tick, it’s important to act quickly. "You want to get fine tipped tweezers and try and grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible.

An early-May spike in tick bites in New York and the Northeast triggered public health alarms about tickborne illnesses. What we know now.

Use clean, fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible. Pull upward with steady, even pressure.