A method I have used to successfully remove a tick is to saturate a cotton ball with hydrogen peroxide, cover the tick with the cotton ball and hold it there for a minute or two.
When I remove the cotton ball, the tick will have backed out, head and all.
Norma Hebel
Quincy, Illinois
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