Where do dust mites thrive? Household mites thrive in warm and humid conditions where there is skin and dander to feed on. This is why mattresses are so popular with the microscopic creatures.

You shed about 15 million skin cells each night, but they don't just pile up in your sheets. Because something else is already there waiting to gobble them up: dust mites. And the longer you wait ...

The fibre works by producing a chemical agent that stops the fungus forming on the dead skin cells which is so attractive to house dust mites. The agent is skin-friendly and will not adversely humans.

Unlike bed bugs, which feed on blood, dust mites survive on a diet of our dead skin and pet dander. They thrive in dark, dusty soft furnishings, like mattresses, pillows, comforters and bedding ...

The dust mite is everywhere in tropical countries and causes no harm. It is on pillows, bed-sheets and all over and feeds on dead skin shed by animals and humans, the Sunday Times learns. However, ...

So we asked Hull-Martin and gathered tips from some of the top home blogs about how to rid your fluffy pillows of the dust mites, bacteria, and dead skin cells that they're secretly harboring.