thereby earning them the name eyelash mites. Demodex mites are a group of generic parasites that affect the skin, especially ...

Most of us have tiny bugs living on our faces, including in our eyelashes. Demodex mites are tiny, partly translucent, ...

One response, in particular, caught the eye of many people. They wrote: "The eyelash mite lives mainly on the human eyelash and is an eight legged parasite that eats skin and oil. They stay hidden ...

If you’ve noticed a bug on your clothes, in your hair, in your kid’s hair, or on your pet, there’s no need to panic, as it ...

This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Currently two species of face mites are known; at least one of them appear to be present on all adult humans.

Eyelash extensions can give you drama if you ... Eye Help Center has revealed how individually-glued lashes can attract mites, especially if they have not been cleaned well. Describing her ordeal ...

A stray eyelash, or too much time looking at screens, can lead to some eye discomfort. But if you find your eyes are dry, itchy, and red it could actually be down to tiny mites living in your ...

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 ...

If you want longer, fuller eyelashes, you can take steps to help them grow. "It is possible to significantly increase the length and thickness of your eyelashes," says Brett King, MD, a ...