When was Demodex discovered in human skin?
Demodex folliculorum was found in 1842 and Demodex brevis was found in 1963 in human skin. 8. How fast does Demodex increase? From mating to laying-eggs takes 12 hours. From an egg to a larva takes 60 hours, then larva become an embryo. It takes about 10 to 13 days from egg to embryo. A female continues laying eggs after that, and it is said that the number increases exponentially. 9. How do Demodex Folliculorum influence our hair? Demodex Folliculorum living in hair root opens a hole on a wall of the follicle, and absorbs part of the hair root as food. Therefore a pore widens making it easy for the hair to fall out and the scalp becomes polluted by excrement and / or corpse of the mite. It is one factor of inflammation around hair root and hair loss. 10. How do Demodex Brevis influence to our hair? Demodex brevis living in a sebaceous gland eat adipose tissue of a sebaceous gland part. Therefore the gland deteriorates, become inflamed and a pimple arises from the sebaceous gland. It m
