Face off! DYK that at any given time you have 2.5m face mites on your face?!

Face off! DYK that at any given time you have 2.5m face mites on your face?!

Really, it's true...

Woman in white sweater holding transparent cellphone case on face
Woman in white sweater holding transparent cellphone case on face/Pexels Website

If ever there was something that we wish we could 'un-know', it would definitely be this...

Now when it comes to things that go beyond plain sight, scientists are usually the ones who would like to know more. 

Us normaltons, not so much...

A recent piece by BBC news has revealed that we are walking around with millions of mites on our face.

These mites, called Demodex, are known as the face mite and reside on human skin. 

"The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete is its meal of choice." (BBC)

Disgusted much? Well, there's no taking that information back... It's always going to stay with you. 

And here we thought that dust mites were bad...

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WATCH the video below that explains more in detail about how these face mites survive generations. 

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