what no video ?

Aah damn. This happend to me like an hour ago. With allot of PAIN i ripped it out. My whole finger was bleading. And still hurts a little.

This is why you squeeze down the barbs on hooks along with that when you're doing catch and release it makes it  easier and increases the survival rate of the fish. 

what are you supposed to do about hooks that get caught in your forehead?

isnt the intention of the hook so you cant get it out. like arrows, once it goes in, it stays in, but since there is a sort of spike on the hook, it grabs to the muscle of your finger and so once you take the hook out, it rips the muscle as well.

depending on the situation like if you have neosporin or some antibiotic or something and how deep it is I would just rip it out quickly cause there is a small amount of shock and adrenaline which would decrease the pain or numb it in some cases not most and also depends how clean the entry is if you where in a survival situation though I would do the boyscout method yes I was a boyscout to like most people on this sight probably but if it was me in a survival situation I would propel make a pressure bandage cause of my blood condition which I am still lucky to be here but the way you treat the wound is up to you and your situation and think quickly otherwise the brief shock will propel wear off

Wow... Holy... Ouch... That video makes me hurt.

As for the raging debate on the "proper" way to remove a hook, the "proper" method is to slice a parallel incision next to the hook, remove, flush and debride, disinfect, and cover.

Not particularly feasible when you're out fishing...

I too was in boy scouts, then eagle scouts, then a 91B (combat medic) and 91T (animal care specialist) in the U.S. Army. I'll add my two cents.

Often with a fish hook, due to it's shape and the direction it's generally moving during impact, you'll get a double puncture where the hook will both enter and exit the skin. The most painless method of removal for this type of wound is the boyscout method...

Now let's consider the boyscout handbook for a moment...

This was originally based on Robert Baden-Powell's work, a Lieutenant (Leftenant) General in the British Army around the late 1800's early 1900's. He wrote numerous military training books, and eventually due to their popularity among boys, eventually wrote Scouting for Boys in 1908 (the original handbook). In his "Boat Cruising and Watermanship" section, he mentions the "most painless way to remove a hook." Needless to say, his focus wasn't exactly on infection. Even then, the concept of germs and viruses was fairly new.

Punctures are quite dangerous in that they "plant" any germs or viruses that are on the device doing the puncturing into the wound. By pushing a hook "through" the skin, you're not only causing additional trauma, but you're also burying any additional germs into the wound that are still on the part of the hook that isn't yet embedded into the flesh.

In the case of how the guy in the video had the hook (deeply) embedded, the "boyscout method" would have been the absolute worst way to go. His method was fast, though I'll debate whether it was as painless as he made it out to be. I've been hooked like that before... I'm still in therapy... The trauma caused by the barb would have actually been less than if he had pushed it through additional meat to get an exit wound. Finally, his method introduced no new bacteria to the wound (any more than it already had).

So to put a long winded, and scotch driven comment into a summary: The Boyscout Handbook is significantly outdated. It should show three methods of hook removal, based on the situation. In this particular situation, this video shows precisely the best way to remove a hook. I only wish I'd thought of it before grabbing the pliers.

Back to the scotch...

I'm a boyscout. You're suppose to push it through until the barbed part comes back out then cut off the barbed part, and remove it by pulling it back through.
That is the right way