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 ...

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 this ...

Editor’s note: This article, originally published on June 1, 2011, has been republished to include website enhancements. We have all seen the chronic blepharitis patient that has attempted numerous ...

They're microscopic parasites that naturally live on your skin, and they're usually harmless. They're mainly in your hair follicles and the oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. But sometimes they ...

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 ...

Xdemvy (lotilaner ophthalmic solution 0.25%) is a medicine designed to treat Demodex blepharitis, a common but often overlooked eye condition caused by microscopic insects called Demodex mites on the ...

Demodex blepharitis is more common than most people realize—but with the right treatment, it doesn’t have to be a lifelong nuisance. “You only get one pair of eyes,” Dr. Yeu says. “And this is one ...

AJMC®: Does the prevalence of Demodex blepharitis found by Trattler and colleagues 1 match what you see in clinical practice? BRUJIC: The prevalence of Demodex blepharitis is interesting. Prior to ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cases of anterior blepharitis that do not resolve with antibiotics may actually be caused by Demodex mites, ...

D. folliculorum lives within the hair follicles on human skin, feeding on dead skin cells. Unlike D. brevis, this type is mostly found on the face. These mites tend to be most prevalent around the ...

On this episode of American Horror Story: Beauty, I’m sorry to report that, on a microscopic level, some creepy, crawly characters are living on your face. Almost everyone has a type of mite called ...