Demodex mites are contagious. They move from person to person by contact with hair, eyebrows, or oil glands on the skin. Both types have elongated, semi-transparent bodies made up of two fused ...

The whole thing is a skit. There’s no real patient on the other end of the autofractor. But the optometrist is using the skit as an educational opportunity for viewers. The optometrist warns in the ...

Demodex folliculorum live in your hair follicles on your head and around your eyelashes, feeding on dead skin. Demodex brevis ...

These microscopic creatures, known as Demodex mites, live on nearly everyone’s skin. For most, they’re harmless. However, ...

Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete is its meal of choice. It's hard to know for sure ...

Heinrichs also reached out to wildlife experts for help, including Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers, who ...