I often see patients with rosacea, a chronic skin condition that causes redness, swelling and sometimes bumps on the face. While there are many factors that may contribute to it, one possible cause is ...

Don’t panic, but tiny mites are likely living on your body. Although this might be disturbing news, don’t stress. It’s quite common for all people to have some Demodex mites since they naturally occur ...

Look at these pore souls. 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 ...

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 ...

They're microscopic parasites that naturally live on your skin, and they're usually harmless. They're mainly in your hair follicles and the oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. But sometimes they ...

If you’re arachnophobic, it’s best to stop reading. This isn’t about spiders, but another type of arachnid — the microscopic ones living in the hair follicles on your face. Yes, I’m talking about the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The “Mite Party” campaign is designed to raise awareness about Demodex blepharitis. Tarsus launched the campaign ...