There Are Tiny Mites Living in Your Skin Pores and Fucking on Your Face
LatestWhether it’s lice, bedbugs, or tapeworm, parasites come in all shapes and sizes, and pretty much all of them make me want to douse myself in Raid and jump out my fourth story window. But now, scientists have provided an in-depth analysis of an even smaller type of tenant of the human body: a mite that resides in the hair follicles on your face, where they eat, sleep, and fuck.
While researcher have studied the pore-dwelling mites, a new study delves into two species of Demodex mites, D. brevis and D. folliculorum (which is supposed to be responsible for Rosacea). The first thing you should know about these mites is that all adults have them. Me. You. Everyone. The researchers have no concrete explanations as to why all adults have then while not all children do, but they believe that the mites may be passed from mother to infant during breastfeeding. Second, humans host two very different species of face-sexing mites, which while fascinating for scientists as they could be a model for co-evolution, makes me want to rip my face off. THERE’S TWO KINDS?!