Some things... you just don't want to know.

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Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-28-2007 20:46:

Some things... you just don't want to know.

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Demodex folliculorum, or the demodicid, is a tiny mite, less than 0.4 mm long, that lives in your pores and hair follicles, usually on the nose, forehead, cheek, and chin, and often in the roots of your eyelashes.
(A follicle is the pore from which a hair grows). Demodicids have a wormlike appearance, with legs that are mere stumps. People with oily skin, or those who use cosmetics heavily and don't wash thoroughly, have the heaviest infestations ... but most adults carry a few demodicids. Inflammation and infection often result when large numbers of these mites congregate in a single follicle.

The mites live head-down in a follicle, feeding on secretions and dead skin debris. At the left, you can see three demodicids buried in the follicle of a hair, and you can also see the hair's shaft. If too many mites have buried into the same follicle, it may cause the eyelash to fall out easily.
An individual female may lay up to 25 eggs in a single follicle, and as the mites grow, they become tightly packed. When mature, the mites leave the follicle, mate, and find a new follicle in which to lay their eggs. The whole cycle takes between 14 to 18 days.

Sometimes demodex is called the 'face mite', since it is often associated with blackheads, acne and other skin disorders (although it is not the cause of these). Demodex are harmless and don't transmit diseases, but large numbers of demodex mites may cause itching and skin disorders, referred to as Demodicosis.

The mites have tiny claws, and needlelike mouthparts for eating skin cells. Their bodies are layered with scales, which help them anchor themselves in the follicle. The mite's digestive system results in so little waste that the mite doesn't even have an excretory opening. So although there may be mites in your eyelashes, there isn't any mite poop! Thank goodness!

However ... did you know that you go to sleep at night on a pillow that is home to many thousands of dust mites ...which help keep our homes clean by consuming the tens of millions of skin cells we shed each day? Just pretend they're not there!

What else don't you want to know?

Posted by FunkyCrew on Jan-28-2007 20:49:

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did you know that you go to sleep at night on a pillow that is home to many thousands of dust mites ...which help keep our homes clean by consuming the tens of millions of skin cells we shed each day? Just pretend they're not there!

hahaha *paging Dan!* he was going crazy after learning about dust mites

Posted by exstasie on Jan-28-2007 20:59:

All of this stuff is so creppy..but interesting..

honestly, while reading stuff like that, i can feel stuff crawling all over my skin...its all in my head..but still lol

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jan-28-2007 21:13:

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Originally posted by exstasie
All of this stuff is so creppy..but interesting..

honestly, while reading stuff like that, i can feel stuff crawling all over my skin...its all in my head..but still lol

But it isn't in your head, because they ARE crawling on your skin. Muhahahaha.

Posted by exstasie on Jan-28-2007 21:38:

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Originally posted by jennypie
But it isn't in your head, because they ARE crawling on your skin. Muhahahaha.

haha...on that note..i think i'm going to go have a shower

Posted by Yohan on Jan-28-2007 21:44:

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Originally posted by exstasie
haha...on that note..i think i'm going to go have a shower

I think I'm going to jump in the toxic soup

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-29-2007 01:54:

Posted by me@t k@tie on Jan-29-2007 02:04:

Hahaha AJ, wtf mate?

Posted by Abercrombie on Jan-29-2007 03:08:

I'm bored.

Hey come to think of it... those are three asses sticking out of that folicle.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jan-29-2007 03:32:

After reading the title of this thread, looking at those pictures and catching a few words from the first post...I've decided NOT to read it. Some things I do in fact just don't want to know!

Posted by marcusus on Jan-29-2007 09:19:

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
After reading the title of this thread, looking at those pictures and catching a few words from the first post...I've decided NOT to read it. Some things I do in fact just don't want to know!

How boring...
Would it really change anything? You were fine before, so why would you not be fine after reading it?

It's also rather unsurprising (to me anyway).