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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 ...

A dermatologist has shared a video about the eight-legged mites called Demodex that live in our pores, which viewers have found either alarming or insightful. Dr Scott Walter, who is based in Denver, ...

LOS ANGELES - As eyelash extensions become a popular trend, some doctors say they are seeing an uptick in lash mites due to poor hygiene. Dr. Sairah Malik, an optometrist in Houston, said she’s seen ...

The Demodex mite is a ubiquitous microscopic ectoparasite that colonises the pilosebaceous units on human skin, notably the eyelids, where it may contribute to conditions such as blepharitis and ...

Eyelash mites are tiny parasites that live in or near the hair follicles of mammals. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis are two species of eyelash mite present on human eyelashes. Demodex ...

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 ...

To the well-known “Library of Romance” Mr. C. A. Ealand contributes a volume on the microscope. He gives a glimpse of the early days of invention, of pioneer microscopists such as Leeuwenhoek and ...