Eyelash Mites

Medical term for eyelash mites is Demodex folliculorum, in short, demodicid. This particular mites lives inside hair follicles and sebaceous glands, the size is super tiny about less than 0.4 mm. You can find this insect in the surface of the nose, cheek, chin, forehead, and the eyelash. The infestation of these mites is quite common and these mites won't cause any great harm. The impact of these mites infection is involving skin only. You will need more information about these mites if you want to get rid of this gross insect.

You should know the basic structure of a mite to make sure you have an easier indication to search the mites. Adult eyelash mites are only 0.4 mm with quite transparent and long body. The insect body consists of two segments, the first body segment and its eight short segmented legs. Scales covering the insect body to make sure its body is attached strong in the follicle of hair. The mouth of the mites is looks like a needle. This mite can eat the dead part of hair, the flaky skin cells, the sebum, the oil, and the hormones which is accumulated in the surface of our follicles. There are some different from the male mites and the female mites.

Every female mite is somehow is rounder and shorter than the male one. From microscopic view, a genital opening is present in both of the gender. The fertilization of an eyelash mites is internal, and there is no specific condition to do that. When the mating season is start, the usual place to do the fertilization is in the follicle opening. The eggs from the female mites are laid down beneath the hair follicle glands. Each gland of hair follicle might contain about 20 eggs, the female won't stop until the hair follicle is full or it reaches about 20 eggs. The waiting time for mite's eggs to hatch is about 3-4 days and after that, a baby mite is born. If you wait more days around a week, these baby mites will turn to become full adult mites. It has the capability of and adult and it will eat like an adult mite. The larva will now stay at your hair or it might spread to another person if they get a contact with the larva and adult. If the larva could grow into adult mites normally, it could have lifespan for about several weeks and it can be extended if it's not treated well.