Ticks are terrble. Also lice. A parent yesterday told me her kid got them and she had some lice expert spend three hours removing them with a brush. haha
Yeah, a very fine comb is the best way to get rid of lice (and their eggs, more importantly) - they're quite resistant to the meds/chemicals on the market, even most of the prescription ones.
A bunch of peeps didn't like the haha but the parent and I laughed a lot in person. It's one of those terrible things you laugh about after the fact. But I'm serious they'd be good to get rid of.
Part of my haha was actually about the idea that there are people you can call to handle that with a brush. I would have never known. The child sat there patiently with an iPad for 3 hours around midnight getting combed by a stranger. Until the expert explained that the lice were feeding off her scalp. :)