Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum ...

Millions of people experience some discomforting itchiness in their eyelashes at some point in their lives, especially when ...

Tiny mites, known as Demodex, feed, mate and lay eggs in the oily folds of the skin - mostly around the noses and eyelashes. They are said to be particularly common over the Christmas period ...

Unlike other mites, their reproductive organs of D. folliculorum have moved towards the front of their bodies, with male ...

Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny ...

Most people have a small population of demodex folliculorum - the 0.3mm long mites live in hair follicles on the face and nipples, eat sebum (the oily secretion produced by our bodies), and move ...

Dr Anil Sharma from Sharma Skin and Hair Surgery explains that Demodex mites, also referred to as face mites, are tiny organisms that live in the hair follicles and oil glands of the face ...

But what about pore cleaning mites like Demodex folliculorum that spend their entire life living deep in our faces? At night, the 0.3mm long organisms leave the pores to find a new skin follicle ...

As alarming as it sounds, Demodex mites are found in just about everyone, and in most cases are harmless and may even contribute to the health of skin by removing dead cells and oil. Some people ...