folliculorum on humans for their survival, research suggests, that the microscopic mites are in the process ... folliculorum, however; it can harvest melatonin secreted by the skin of its host ...

Mammalian skin, especially the face of many humans, is infested with mites called ' Demex mites.' Dr. Alejandra Perotti, who studies Demodex mites at the University of Reading in the UK ...