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 ...

As you fall asleep each night, you can take comfort in knowing you are never truly alone — thanks to the dozens of eight-legged mites crawling out of your pores to party. You can’t see or feel these ...

It might give you the creepy-crawlies, but you almost certainly have tiny mites living in the pores of your face right now. They're known as Demodex or eyelash mites, and just about every adult human ...

Ever feel an itch on your face that seems to come out of nowhere — especially around your nose, eyes, or cheeks? That tingly feeling might not be your imagination. It could be the microscopic ...

If you ever wonder why doctors advise against sharing makeup with others, this optometrist reveals the reason why: Demodex mites. In a clip with over 538,000 views, Brooklyn, New York-based ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I ...

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 ...

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Apparently, if you suck face for too long, you can become part of that visage, stuck forever. And by “you” I mean all the Demodex folliculorum skin mites that read this essay. It was news to me that ...

Q I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I went to my ...