Demodex folliculorum is a mite and, like spiders and scorpions, it is part of the arachnid family; the difference, however, is that this small animal, which reaches half a millimeter, does not live in the undergrowth but on the skin of our body.
In particular, demodex loves to hide in the company of its peers inside the hair follicles where it spends its days filling its belly with dead cells and sebaceous substances produced by the glands of our face; the oilier the skin, the richer the menu.
At night, however, it leaves the follicles to roam freely on the face.
The bond between man and this mite is ancestral, and it seems that the original colonisation dates back to the times when our ancestors domesticated the first dogs.
Today, it is known that at birth our epithelium is covered with these cute beings that never abandon us.
Demodex do not have an anus and therefore expel waste substances only at the end of their life.
Don't forget to wash your face tonight, and sleep well...
