They were always bad in Minnesota growing up it seems. Depends on the weather though. I recall various sorts of things including the Vaseline (didn’t seem to help), a just snuffed out match head held close - the heat was supposed to make them back out. (Never had much luck).
Now I just use a tweezers and hope for the best. But I don’t get them anymore here in Washington State to much. I think with tweezers you run the risk of squeezing nasties back into your system.
I do tuck my pants into my socks or wear gaitors in tick country, and plenty of strong DEET.
When I end up getting chiggers I used nail polish acrylic overlay (clear!) on them - that works real well.
The deer ticks (they carry Lyme diesese) are tiny - smaller than a period on a printed page. Pretty tough to try to find those. In deer tick country I have just tucked in, used Deet, take clothes off outside, and hop in the shower right away.
Not sure about ticks, but I recall an old Indian remedy for crabs down in the nether-regions. You shave one side, light the other side on fire, and then get them with an ice-pick as they go running to the cleared side.
Yep. I remember using nail polish on the chiggers at Camp Geiger during Infantry Training School. As far as ticks go, I just pinch down into my skin as far as I can and just pull them off. Usually the head comes out.
Best way to get rid of crabs? Squat over a mirror. The crabs will always jump onto the new ass.