You never see them, but they are always there.
They are called Demodex mites and live inside your follicles and oil glands, especially on your nose, cheeks, forehead, and eyelashes. They spend their entire lives in that microscopic territory feeding on dead cells and your skin’s natural oils. Almost all adults have them, and the vast majority never find out.
The strangest thing is that they have no anus: they store their waste inside their bodies throughout their entire existence and only release it when they die and decompose. It sounds disturbing, but they have been a normal part of your skin’s ecosystem for thousands of years. To a Demodex mite, your face is not just its home. It is its entire universe. 🧬