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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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