 Parents often rush into my office complaining that their child has a tick   embedded in his skin that they have been unable to remove with tweezers. I reassure   them that I can remove the tick without using any sharp objects and that the   child won't feel a thing. 

Here is my tick-removal method: Take a 2-in by 2-in piece of gauze, wet it with warm water, and lather it with soap (any kind of soap will do). Place the soapy gauze pad over the tickbut don't grab the tickand rub in a counter-clockwise direction. This maneuver "unscrews" the tick and removes it whole. Children love my technique because it doesn't hurt and they get a chance to see the tick still moving about on the gauze pad!

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Parents often rush into my office complaining that their child has a tick   embedded in his skin that they have been unable to remove with tweezers