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A scientist scraped a black dot on his forehead and put it under a microscope. He saw dozens of tiny face mites, aka Demodex mites, crawling around on the plate. Demodex are harmless and like to live ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A variety of skin diseases can be caused by an imbalance in the immune mechanism, triggered by a high Demodex ...

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, explains the ...

Demodex brevis is a microscopic mite that lives in the oil glands of human hair follicles. It’s typically found on the face but can also live on other parts of the body. Demodex brevis is a type of ...