Invisible skin mites called Demodex almost certainly live on your face – but what about your mascara?
- Written by: Mark Sandeman, Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia
César Couto/UnsplashDemodex are a family of eight-legged mites that live in the hair follicles and associated sebaceous or oil glands of many mammals.
Two species are known in humans – Demodex folliculorum, which lives mainly in hair follicles on our faces (especially eyelashes and eyebrows), and Demodex brevis, which sets up home in...