Today, I woke up to find a tick stuck to my eyelashes. The only way I know of to get it off is with fire. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Ticked off
Today, I woke up to a pain on my eyelid. I stumbled into the bathroom to find a huge tick attached to the edge of my eyelid. My dad used tweezers to pull it off, only the head stuck. I had to go to the doctor and sit there for 15 minutes so she could pull the rest out. FML
New, from Goop
Today, after a nap, I went to scratch my eye and felt what I presumed to be a clump of mascara on my eyelash. I didn't wear mascara today. It was a tick. FML
Today, I found a tick half-buried in my nipple. FML
Where did you come from?
Today, I was about to get in the shower, when I felt an odd itch in my navel. I saw what I thought was bellybutton lint, so I pulled on it, and quickly realized what I had between my fingers was a still-squirming, headless tick. FML
Today, I was at a fire roasting marshmallows. When mine caught on fire, I pulled it back so I could blow out the flames. It flew off the stick, and, still flaming, landed on my face. FML
Yucky!
Today, I picked my dog up and nibbled her ear. On the tip of her ear was a large tick, which burst, sending blood into my mouth. FML
A visitor
Today, I had a walk-in: a tiny tick, crawling through my bathroom window, looking down at me in the shower, wondering whether I might be tasty. The window was closed, by the way. FML
Today, I was camping out under the stars on my trampoline. I was just about asleep when I felt a tickle on my arm. Figuring it was an ant, I brushed it off. The rest of the red ants crawling up my arm didn't like that. FML
Today, I woke up to my cat slowly dragging her paw across my face. I opened my eyes to see a bloody mouse dangling an inch from my face. It was still twitching. FML
Today, I woke up with a burning sensation on my butt. Remembering that yesterday I was bit by a fire ant, I decided to reinspect the bite. I found ten more which itch and burn. My parents' new nickname for me is "Firebutt". FML
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Richisme 0
fire wins all the time
MusicXisXii 0
Fire is how you kill them. You can get them off with tweezers. Just make sure you don't leave ANY part of the tick inside of your skin or on your eyelash or whatever.
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Richisme 0
fire wins all the time
wintamint101 7
tweezers
mfmylifesrsly 30
thats disgusting! *waits for legonut*
Brittneyyyy 7
Omg wow, a true FML. I would've had a panic attack or something :/
coolsteve 0
Lucky for OP I find burnt eyelashes a huge turn-on
LevyLove 17
they're bugs. just be careful in wooded areas.
FunnyWeasel 7
ooh, that sucks, can't you use water to wash it out?
anthaz_fml 0
That's pretty cool you have blood in your eyelashes.
Slappyzezima 0
it's funny because you have to use fire to get a tick off your eyelid. I bet the fire made your eye nice and moist.
kellanlvr 1
I think you can use alcohol too..
cassiesaurus 0
ew. that is so gross. >.<
samuelmartin 0
lindsy lohan's pubes.
Blue_Coconuts 7
Stuck to your eyelash or eye lid? If it's eye lash, no biggy, it's a friggin eye lash. Eye lid... Might be a little harder, but meh. Don't be a pussy.
MrSassypants 34
YDI because I accidently clicked it sorry OP
capnbzarr 43
Did you mean, "When all else fails, use fire"? Still, No.
Geiko_fml 0
@34 - So what? Getting the tick drunk? It'll be a party!
mikeyboi19 5
try covering it with thick Vaseline it will suffocate and burrow out on it's own
robertdr 0
vodoo
flyingsheep1838 0
nooo!!! you NEVER use fire, or put ANYTHING on it!!! that causes the tick to BURROW DEEPER until he can't get out! then he dies! when arachnids die, they throw up their guts... and their eggs! then you have tick babies in you! crawling around! get tweezers and pull it out by the head.
nyrangers1022 6
many idiots on this site. the ONLY way u get rid of a tick is tweezers, and make sure u get the head out. never use fire, vaseline, alcohol, peroxide etc... cuz that causes the tick to puke, and if they carry a disease, that puke will transmit the disease to you
nerdsgetmehot 23
#76 I used peanut butter (instead of Vaseline) so that it couldn't breathe, and then when it started to come out, pulled it all the way out with tweezers. It worked, and I obtained no diseases...
Rachalynia 0
listen to 76. the other things are old wives tales. tweezers man. and if the head stays in oh effing well. you'll live.
heyred 11
Ticks don't stick to eyelashes. They bite into skin. But even if it was latched on to your eyelid, put a thick glob of Vaseline on the stick to suffocate it.
DontHate31 0
79 Ima nerd
names091890 0
Ydi
maskedbunny 0
While rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover works (you want to suffocate it so it leaves on it's own), you don't want those in your eye. I would use Vaseline. The effect is the same, but the thicker material is harder to get IN your eye. The more you know...
maskedbunny 0
82 - My doctor gave the "wives' tales" techniques. If it's buried in well, tweezers run the risk of breaking off the head, leaving the head stuck and making a trip to the doc necessary.
miranda925 0
put some dish soap on a cotton ball and put it on the tick...not only does it suffocate em but they also stick to the cotton ball. FYL. that does suck
PizzaGuy11 0
watch you pull it out and theres a hole where it was....
LexiMay 0
the hot match head idea was good although I always heard you use a cigarette close to it's butt to scare it out not actual fire. I like the peanut butter and vasoline ideas tho. never heard that. tweezers are bad cause you can break it off inside and eww!!! but the last guy had the right idea. GOOGLE it!! or better yet call one of those medical help line numbers in the front of the phone book. for those of you who don't know what a phone book is, I'm sure you can find the number on the Googles.
lmx_fml 0
first!
rugratt 0
ewwh WTF @#16
spaceboyftw 0
ehh fyl....HOLY **** THERES A TICK ON UR EYELASH!!!
livelaughlove22 0
uhm EWWWW that is gross and besides I thought you could pull it out as long as u got the head?!?
RoNsAuR 2
tweezers and/or rubbing alcohol
sexybeastsexybea 0
it's funny because u have to burn ur eyelashes jkjj
feral_pandas 0
alil young for her dude
stud2012 0
pull of your eyelashes that the tick is on???
Cupcakeshizz 0
can't you cut it off? :)
TurboTalon 0
I've always just pulled ticks out by hand and never had any issues... for your eyelid though I'd try nicotine or thc to get it to relax and let go of you =)
glen12 0
never use fire on ticks, all they will do is vomit all yr digested blood and cause a serious infection, always use tweezers
Harlson13 0
you must use peanut butter to get it off your skin and fire to kill it. trying anything else to get it off your face would result in the tick's head to remain in your skin.
rstroupe 0
oh no cuz, that'll kill it for sure, but u wanna pull it out with tweezers first, then put a fire to it, sounds painful
hippiechik521 0
I had heard though that as ticks will only burrow into warm bodies, icing the area would cause it to back out on it’s own. This, of course, may just be yet another old wive’s tale.
ninjacapo 2
pull it off dumbass then flush it down the toilet. my grandma takes them off with tape
thatonek1d 0
alcohol.
violetsweety 26
ikr i saw that on Dr.Oz
IslandLove 0
so true!
DRPhilbilly 0
no light a cigeret and put the tip on the tick easy
jokerman7734 0
rubbing alcohol dumbass
sind3r3la 0
ewwww! that's ****** nastyy! I agree britney.. I would scream my ass off and pass out haha
RaeNeid21 0
doesn't peanut butter work?
coolsteve 0
Only if you spread it on your butt cheeks first
ayre20 0
ur hot
Trollz4daLULZ 2
yes, Ur and its ziggurat in what now Iraq, so Ur very hot. Ur also full of dirt and sand. Ur near Euphrates. A) you're a retard. B) hitting on chicks over the interweb like that is pathetic. C) she could be a dude IRL for all you know. Do you think my pic really is me? (I'll give you a hint: yes)
Ali_Br_fml 33
wow trolls4dalulz, you take such good pictures!!! And yeah OP, no biggie if it's eyelashes, just cut that sucker off & go on your merry way. @ least you got it off, & are living enough to write this so... yeah...
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Lol Trollz. Did I educate you on that one, or were you already well-informed (and by that I mean you read the wiki entry)? ;)
slatter 1
OMG A TYPING GIRAFFE
Trollz4daLULZ 2
I learned about Ur and its ziggurat back when I was a child, when the interweb was only for the DOD and major research universities, and windows was only a way to view the outside of your building. No wiki for my edumacayshun.
lalamike25 0
Only if you use fire first. Fire is always the answer
jAa94 2
Oh damn.
letsgododgers213 0
damn! that must hurt!
ChocolateEclaire 0
There are other ways....
OptimusSlime 23
That's what I was thinking
MusicXisXii 0
Fire is how you kill them. You can get them off with tweezers. Just make sure you don't leave ANY part of the tick inside of your skin or on your eyelash or whatever.
Lindsaykae 0
yeah get it out with tweezers, but make sure no part is left
ArtIsResistance7 1
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
BehindTheSun 2
AND FILM IT AND POST THE LINK PURELY FOR MY ENTERTAINMENT!!!!
alezmbgt 0
Scissors!
AlyssaIsALoserr 0
i had a tick in my eyelid before.
thriceforme 3
Really? lol Is this a common problem I'm just unaware of?
awickedsomething 0
o_O Thoroughly disturbed...
Trollz4daLULZ 2
YDI for having eyes and eyelashes. YDI for living in a dirt heap or a pile of tall grass. Trolling aside, put some Vaseline all over its body. It will suffocate and die and fall off in a few hours. DO NOT use fire; it will puke its guts back into your bloodstream, increasing your chances of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Lyme Disease or other horrible nastiness.
NightKiller 0
WTF is that true??
chili10 18
if that's really true then damn you really know your stuff
miamiFTW_ 0
yeah it's true . look it up
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Aw, I can't see the original comment. I'm so curious about what's really true!
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Ah, NVM. Saw it.