The mites in the skin of our faces

Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by mfgs on Thursday June 23, 2022 @01:26AM (#31845457)

> Their reproductive organs have moved anteriorly, and males have a penis that protrudes upwards from the front of their body meaning they have to position themselves underneath the female when mating, and copulate as they both cling onto the human hair.

Does this mean they’ll die off relatively quickly if all body hair is cut off? Or does this happen beneath the skin?

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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by matheusmoreira on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:19AM (#31846700)

The hair follicle is inside the skin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_follicle

There are hair removal methods that permanently destroy the follicle. It's unknown whether Demodex can cope with that. Wouldn't that be an interesting study...

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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by vonadz on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:39AM (#31846827)

I wonder if people with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_universalis have them?

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Re:The mites in the skin of our faces by matheusmoreira on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:47AM (#31846873)

Good question. I searched for studies but only got papers examining whether these mites cause alopecia.

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