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title: "Mites that live in your face!"  
description: "A short explanation of the mites that live in our face."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2602/mites-that-live-in-your-face  
category: "science"  
tags: ["Mites", "animals", "science"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Mites that live in your face!

![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/2471204c-ee32-4e35-bee8-b8da74908027.jpeg) ![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/565d360d-3e78-4964-ae6c-933850448b83.jpeg) Demodex mites live in the hair follicles and oil glands of your face. ![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/8d3f9993-476d-4658-a2b9-59df1e6a92c4.jpeg) They consume dead skin cells as well as oil. ![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/ac8b26b5-6435-4560-8927-0ffe74a96e97.jpeg) They are most active during the night. ![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/ac8b26b5-6435-4560-8927-0ffe74a96e97.jpeg) Most people are unaffected by them, and you probably won't even notice they're there. ![Mites that live in your face](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dd5de811-3d64-4a57-908f-40a0021b1080/images/2471204c-ee32-4e35-bee8-b8da74908027.jpeg) They have coevolved with humans over millions of years.

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