What would you do if we told you tiny, microscopic bugs are living on your face right now? You wouldn’t believe us, right?

Right now. Yes, you. And at some point, maybe now, maybe in a few days, it's going to find a nice cozy pore in your skin, and lay a single, enormous egg. Meet the face mites. They're smaller than ...

@denverskindoc/TikTok “If you’re unfamiliar, Demodex are little, tiny mites that live inside our hair follicles and oil glands — and get this, they come out at night to eat our dead skin ...

Yes, it's true. At least two species of mites live on human skin: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. They're usually just called eyelash or face mites, though they have been found in and on ...

But deep on the surface of our skin is an ecosystem you may not be aware of. Those are demodex mites. We all have them, and they're found on the scalp and face. See those guys? They're chillin' in ...

Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble ... but there are likely many thousands of mites living on our faces at any given time, as ...

Look at these pore souls. Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny eight-legged mite that resides in hair ...

There are thousands of mites living on your face Ethnic ... so if we lose them you could face problems with your skin," Dr Perotti adds.

Too much oil on the face can cause acne and other skin conditions. So really these mites are doing us all a favor. On the flip side, in some cases, too many Demodex mites can cause skin irritation ...

Scabies is a contagious skin condition that, if not treated promptly, can spread like wildfire. This Victorian-era disease is caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin, causing itching and a ...

Sometimes you can even see the worms moving under your skin or across your eyeball. But not EVERY egg-laying invader is sinister. Face mites are pretty innocuous. They live on pretty much EVERYONE ...