The eight-legged mites are called Demodex, and are too small to be seen with to the naked eye. But people are often curious - even in their revulsion.”The face mites reside in the hair follicles on our faces, feeding on sebum - the oil produced to keep your face from drying out. The mites only live for around two weeks and spend much of this time mating and laying eggs within your pores. And if you look really closely, you can see coming out of every pore. If you scrape those pores, you can see it frothing with little Demodex face mites.”Most people with demodicosis mistake the mites for whiteheads, Dr Kanade Shinkai added.

Source: Daily Mirror May 22, 2019 13:28 UTC