A scientist scraped a black dot on his forehead and put it under a microscope. He saw dozens of tiny face mites, aka Demodex mites, crawling around on the plate. Demodex are harmless and like to live ...

The Demodex mite is a ubiquitous microscopic ectoparasite that colonises the pilosebaceous units on human skin, notably the eyelids, where it may contribute to conditions such as blepharitis and ...

AJMC®: Does the prevalence of Demodex blepharitis found by Trattler and colleagues 1 match what you see in clinical practice? BRUJIC: The prevalence of Demodex blepharitis is interesting. Prior to ...