At least in Australia, removing a tick by force is not recommended. This is because it has a chance of the tick vomiting pathogens into your blood. Which is par

At least in Australia, removing a tick by force is not recommended. This is because it has a chance of the tick vomiting pathogens into your blood. Which is particularly bad in regions where ticks carry bad diseases (like the paralysis tick in Australia). The recommendation is instead to use a freeze spray which immediately immobilises the tick.