A scientist scraped a black dot on his forehead and put it under a microscope. He saw dozens of tiny face mites, aka Demodex mites, crawling around on the plate. Demodex are harmless and like to live ...

What if I told you that right now, you have dozens of tiny mites eating, laying eggs, dying, and leaking feces—all over your face? Turns out, you probably do. I’m Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross ...

Scientists are finally studying the hundreds of mites crawling around our faces. It’s gross yet strangely fascinating. (Photo: Getty Images) There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of microscopic mites ...

When you look in the mirror, you’re not just looking at you—you’re looking at a whole mess of face mites. Yeah, you’ve got ‘em. Guaranteed. The little arachnids have a fondness for your skin, shoving ...

Every single one of you -- 100 percent of you reading this right now -- has face mites. Before you break out the exfoliating scrubs and disinfectant, it's completely normal to have little animals ...

It might give you the creepy-crawlies, but you almost certainly have tiny mites living in the pores of your face right now. They're known as Demodex or eyelash mites, and just about every adult human ...