Dish soap for complete tick detachment

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Mar;84(3):e123. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.06.011. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

Authors

Elizabeth Tkachenko¹, Kaitlin Blankenship², Dori Goldberg², Mark J Scharf², Shelly Weedon², Nikki A Levin³

Affiliations

¹ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts. Electronic address: nikki.levin@umassmemorial.org.

PMID: 31307789
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.06.011

No abstract available

Keywords: soap; tick; tick bite; tick-borne illness.

Publication types

Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Massage / methods*
Soaps*
Tick Bites / complications*
Tick Bites / parasitology
Tick-Borne Diseases / parasitology
Tick-Borne Diseases / prevention & control*
Ticks*

Substances

Soaps