WATCH: How a skin tick can be notoriously difficult to get rid of...
FORGET Dr. Pimple Popper, this gruesome video uploaded by Dr. GuruS2 will get your skin crawling.
Remove a drowsy tick on thigh!
The five minute footage shows a close-up extraction of a tick and it is not an easy task.
Experts advice caution when removing ticks like this one, as they can carry a number of severe diseases.
First the doctor tries to use a suction device to pull the bug out of the swollen bite but the tiny arachnids holds strong.
It even manages to burrow its way back a little.
Using a stronger suction force, the doctor, succeed in slowly pulling the tick back out.
A forked scalpel is used to twist the tiny pest out of the bite hole.
Ticks are most commonly found across Europe and the US. There are over 850 tick species.
Apart from pets ticks can usually latch onto you during outdoor activities such as hiking.
They prefer the skin around your head and ears as it it is easier to get to the blood stream and they can climb that far if determined.
Experts advice that the best way to remove a tick is with tweezers and to avoid contact with your fingers - you don’t want them biting you there.
These arachnids carry disease- causing microbes Lyme disease bacteria, Babesia protozoa, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and other viruses.
For most tick-borne diseases, you have at least 24 hours to find and remove the feeding tick before it transmits an infection.