The mites in the skin of our faces
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Re: The mites in the skin of our faces
#2> 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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#3How do you kill them?
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#4Huh, so if they have a beneficial effect I wonder what happens if you disrupt their lifecycle. Are they, for instance, sensitive to certain cleansing compounds, etc.
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#5Huh, so if they have a beneficial effect I wonder what happens if you disrupt their lifecycle. Are they, for instance, sensitive to certain cleansing compounds, etc.
I wonder if such a disruption is the reason why some people seem to be excessively prone to blackheads, like yours truly for instance, my nose looks like a strawberry up close.
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#6We have penis mites in our faces? Unacceptable
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#7Just yesterday I was amazed when I discovered that there are animals(also mites) so small that they could live in a trachea of a bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acarapis_woodi https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Acarapis...
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#8How do you kill them?
Ivermectin cream. They are believed to cause rosacea, but are typically harmless if not beneficial.
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#9Here's how to get them off your face: https://youtu.be/-C1icoe40M8
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#10How do you kill them?
Probably ivermectin or lime sulfur or lindane or similar broad-spectrum pesticides will work, but they'll always come back.