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Originally Posted by megansmomma  I just found this info:
This skin irritation is due to the irritating and destructive tick saliva. It is not due to the tick losing its head, literally. Do not be worried about the tick head staying in; it rarely happens. This skin irritation is due to a reaction to the tick saliva.
I believed this to be true but didn't want to toss facts without checking first. |
Rambeau had the same problem while we were at the beach. LOL my poor baby is a bug magnet. My DH just snapped the tick off and left the head, we had a battle about that. For two weeks I kept feeling the spot getting bigger and scabbing. I finally scraped the scab off and there were the awful remains of the tick head, it was a serious contrast to the little bit of puss and skin. Now it's healed. The biting parts of the head get buried up in the skin, ugly but probably harmless.
Melissa and Rambeau (I hate bugs
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