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DO NOT rely on eating garlic, taking garlic capsules, or rubbing garlic on skin to keep ticks off.
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A few small studies have looked at garlic and found, at best, a weak and inconsistent effect; nothing approaching the protection of registered repellents.
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If you trust garlic and skip real repellents, you walk through tick habitat unprotected.
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Instead, use an EPA-registered repellent on skin (DEET, picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus) and treat clothing with permethrin.
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Do a thorough tick check after coming indoors and shower within two hours.