Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in hair follicles and oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. As alarming as this may sound, they’re generally harmless.

Your cat is itching, has lost some hair, and their skin is red. Could it be demodex mites? Demodex mites on cats are microscopic parasites that can cause itching, ear infections, and hair loss (1).

You can’t see or feel these nocturnal crawlers, called demodex mites, but like almost every adult, you have them all over your body. Smaller than a pinpoint, the tiny invertebrates, which ...

Keep your skin healthy, and pores clean — you never know when these mites are up partying Demodex face mites eat skin oils (sebum) and live inside your hair follicles and sebaceous glands.

Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your eyelashes. Most people have them but in some cases the tiny arachnids can cause Demodex blepharitis, which is a ...