Look at these pore souls. Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny eight-legged mite that resides in hair follicles ...

They're microscopic parasites that naturally live on your skin, and they're usually harmless. They're mainly in your hair follicles and the oil glands on your face, neck, or chest. But sometimes they ...

The Demodex folliculorum mite is a type of parasite that lives on humans. Most of the time, these mites are harmless and will go unnoticed. However, larger numbers of D. folliculorum mites can cause ...

This is a video synopsis/summary of an Insights involving Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD. Demodex is a very common eyelash mite found in most USpatients, causing blepharitis and inflammation. Many clinicians ...

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 ...

While the scanning electron micrograph is genuine and unaltered, it shows the head of a silkworm moth caterpillar and not a Demodex mite, as posts on social media misleadingly claimed. To verify this ...

I. Benjamin Gaddie, OD, FAAO, summarized the best forms of treating and managing demodex blepharitis. During the Southeastern Educational Congress of Optometry (SECO) 2025 meeting held from February ...

Xdemvy (lotilaner ophthalmic solution 0.25%) is a medicine designed to treat Demodex blepharitis, a common but often overlooked eye condition caused by microscopic insects called Demodex mites on the ...

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has completed enrollment in the second pivotal phase 3 trial investigating TP-03 for the treatment of Demodex blepharitis and secured a $175 million credit facility, according ...