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 follicles ...

If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair follicles, primarily of ...

It might give you the creepy-crawlies, but you almost certainly have tiny mites living in the pores of your face right now. They're known as Demodex or eyelash mites, and just about every adult human ...

The thought of playing host to microscopic mites can be upsetting. However, they are quite common and are present in up to 90% of adults. The most numerous are Demodex folliculorum, which live ...

Elizabeth Yeu, MD, provides a comprehensive overview of Demodex blepharitis stemming from infestations of eyelash follicle mites. In this video segment featuring Dr. Elizabeth Yeu, an expert in ...

I often see patients with rosacea, a chronic skin condition that causes redness, swelling and sometimes bumps on the face. While there are many factors that may contribute to it, one possible cause is ...

When I was a teenager I used to try and clean my pores. At the time, I didn’t know that they were full of microscopic arachnids, a.k.a. mites. Apparently, though, these creatures live in human hair ...

Apparently, if you suck face for too long, you can become part of that visage, stuck forever. And by “you” I mean all the Demodex folliculorum skin mites that read this essay. It was news to me that ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I ...