An eye doctor has opened up on finding parasitic eye infections in his patients that he says are commonly caused by one ...

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 ...

Millions of people experience some discomforting itchiness in their eyelashes at some point in their lives, especially when ...

What does Demodex mite do, and why you shouldn't be afraid of it? According to the dermatologist, Demodex mites simply live in the body of everyone. Their sole purpose is to feed on sebum.

Yes, it's true. At least two species of mites live on human skin: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. They're usually just called eyelash or face mites, though they have been found in and on ...

The first-of-its-kind campaign, called “Your Mitey Problem,” provides viewers with an inside look at a Demodex mite ‘party’ taking place on a patient’s eyelids. The uninvited eyelid ...

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 ...

But deep on the surface of our skin is an ecosystem you may not be aware of. Those are demodex mites. We all have them, and they're found on the scalp and face. See those guys? They're chillin' in ...

In the ad, the camera zooms in on a woman’s irritated eye to reveal a “mite party” in full swing on her eyelid, with a group of actors dressed up as Demodex mites hanging out among her ...

Mites — tiny, spider-like creatures that can infest human skin — are usually the stuff of nightmares. But for this effort, they are demystified, turned into absolutely-not-terrifying cartoons as users ...