sausage-shaped body – just right for scooching down human hair follicles to get at the tasty noms therein. The work on the ...

The eggs end up in one of two places depending on the species of face mite. The first species, called Demodex folliculorum, lays its eggs in your hair follicle. While the second prefers nesting in ...

Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in the hair follicles and oil glands ... harmless and are a natural part of the human skin microbiome. Occasionally they multiply ...

Dr. Alejandra Perotti, who studies Demodex mites at the University ... The two main species found on human skin are Demodex folliculorum, which lives in and around hair follicles, and Demodex ...