Tiny arachnids help keep our skin healthy, but they can also cause problems, especially while their hosts are trying to sleep ...

Find out more about Demodex mites and the role they play in the development of eye and skin infections.

Is it true that there are little bugs living in our eyelashes? Most of us have tiny bugs living on our faces, including in our eyelashes. Demodex mites are tiny, partly translucent, cigar-shaped ...

These mites are microscopic (about 0.3 mm), worm-like, and make themselves comfy in your hair follicles and sebaceous (oil) glands, especially around your nose, forehead, cheeks, and eyelids.

Demodex mites can multiply overnight, causing an overgrowth called demodicosis, said Dr. Richard Locksley, professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco.

Scott Walter, a dermatologist, showed the internet a close-up of one of the microscopic Demodex mites living on his own face.

Demodex mites spend their entire lives parasitizing the inside of pores, and it was thought that as their numbers increased, they would cause inflammation in the host's skin.

A dermatologist has shared a video about the eight-legged mites called Demodex that live in our pores, which viewers have found either alarming or insightful.

Demodex mites are tiny parasitic arachnids that live on the body. There are two species that live on humans, Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis.

A dermatologist has shared a video about the eight-legged mites called Demodex that live in our pores, which viewers have found either alarming or insightful. Dr Scott Walter, who is based in ...

Demodex mites can multiply overnight, causing an overgrowth called demodicosis, said Dr. Richard Locksley, professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco.