We have found inexpensive “tick removal tools” to be helpful, and easy to use.  These are sold under a variety of names, but the ones that work best act as a “corkscrew”, whereby the tick is engaged in a narrow v-shaped groove, and then removed with a twisting motion.  We generally have some of these…
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