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Dear Doctors: I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I ...

The thought of playing host to microscopic mites can be upsetting. However, they are quite common and are present in up to 90% of adults. The most numerous are Demodex folliculorum, which live ...

Here’s what eyelash mites really are, why they sometimes become a problem and how to prevent that from happening.

Over 20 million Americans have dry eye disease, which means that their eyes don’t produce enough tears or their tears evaporate too quickly. Dry air, wind, certain autoimmune diseases, medications ...

A panelist discusses how demodex blepharitis presents with distinctive symptoms like eyelash itching, colorettes at the base of lashes, and can significantly affect pre-surgical cataract measurements, ...

Remember the spine-chilling creatures from Stranger Things, The Mist, or A Quiet Place? What if we told you that something just as unsettling might be living right on your eyelids — not your eyelashes ...

At the Controversies in Modern Eye Care meeting, Neda Shamie, MD, brought renewed attention to an often underdiagnosed and undertreated condition: Demodex blepharitis. She emphasized its widespread ...

Waking up with itchy eyelids might seem like a typical allergy symptom, but it could also be a sign of eye mites. Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your ...