Mammalian skin, especially the face of many humans, is infested with mites called ' Demex mites.' Dr. Alejandra Perotti, who studies Demodex mites at the University of Reading in the UK ...

QUESTION: Most of us have Demodex mites living in or near our eyelash follicles. How did we come to acquire them? Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in the hair ...

The first species, called Demodex folliculorum ... trace how different groups of humans migrated across the world. For example, a study found that European mites genetically diverged from East ...

Meet Demodex ... on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete is its meal of choice. It's hard to know for sure, but there are likely many thousands of mites living ...

Those are demodex ... mites eat the dead cells on our skin's surface, and they usually don't cause problems. Although, now that you know you have them, it'll probably keep you up at night. The ...