Look at these pore souls. Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about ...

But what about pore cleaning mites like Demodex folliculorum that spend their entire life living deep in our faces? At night, the 0.3mm long organisms leave the pores to find a new skin follicle ...

There are about 65 species that affect the skin, but Demodex folliculorum is the most likely to thrive in the eyelashes.

Two species affect humans — Demodex folliculorum, which measures about a third of a millimeter in length and lives mostly in facial hair follicles, particularly around the eyelashes and eyebrows ...