Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in hair follicles and oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. As alarming as this may sound, they’re generally harmless.

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 follicles and oil glands on ...

While the scanning electron micrograph is genuine and unaltered, it shows the head of a silkworm moth caterpillar and not a Demodex mite, as posts on social media misleadingly claimed. To verify ...

Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your eyelashes. Most people have them but in some cases the tiny arachnids can cause Demodex blepharitis, which is a ...

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 follicles and oil glands on ...