Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum ...

YOUR skincare routine could be attracting microscopic creatures that have sex on your face, an expert has warned. Tiny mites, known as Demodex, feed, mate and lay eggs in the oily folds of the ...

Unlike other mites, their reproductive organs of D. folliculorum have moved towards the front of their bodies, with male ...

But what about pore cleaning mites like Demodex folliculorum that spend their ... And if you're rushing to the bathroom, grabbing all the face wash you own and scrubbing every inch of your skin ...

They can also grow anywhere on the face where hair is present, but particularly around the eyelashes, thereby earning them ...

Most people have a small population of demodex folliculorum - the 0.3mm long mites live in hair follicles on the face and nipples, eat sebum (the oily secretion produced by our bodies), and move ...