Hi. I have been researching Acne solutions for my 11 year old who had Acne for more than a year. She's so young and this has been painful for her. In my research I discovered demodex and then thought about my constant complaint about dust mites in our bed. I've replaced two mattress and a couch that weren't very old because I could feel them and my daughter was getting bites on her body. And then when I read they can be responsible for rosacea, I really had to wonder because my face is always red!

So I thought I'd do a test. I started 3 days ago, just to check, with a few soaks in boric acid (just a few tablespoons in large bath)and then I put some tiger balm on some of the rough patches on my scalp and also under my arm as that area often itches. The mites started coming out! They were big enough to be visible to the eye. I then bought Neem oil, soap and pills and am trying to keep the oil on my scalp as much as possible. I also made the spray of borax, hydrogen peroxide and water and the first night when I felt movement I sprayed the area. Last night I just put more need oil on the area when I felt movement.

With 4 people and 2 animals in the house and a job and kids in school, etc. I can't see trying to eliminate these mites and I understand that basically everyone has them it's just the amount of infestation that varies. So, with that in mind I am trying hard to build up my and my daughter's immunity.

I'm taking an immunity pill and vitamin from Orenda. I am taking blackstrap molasses with acidophalus in yogurt 3 times a day. I am taking a green vitamineral drink from Healthforce Nutritionals. I am taking Bragg's vinegar and aronia juice (also from Orenda)3 times a day too. I am going to start drinking baking soda in my water all day and also buy litmus strips to check our acidity.

I am hoping this plus the neem pill will make me a bad host for this buggers.

It will take time to kill them. Be patient it will be all worth it. Before it gets better it will get worst (unless you passed thru the worst already. It will be a good idea, if you dont mine me saying this. To fast for 3 days. 3 apples a day or more. Lots of water. afternoon Blend a cup of oatmeal for about 5-8 min. on a 16 oz water add 3 pinches of cinnamon, 1 pinch of powdered cloves, 3 pinches of pwdered ginger (raw would be great, just a little peace though). Dinner, take some lypton or whichever brand of chicken soup add a smached garlic clove (you could add an egg while boiling the soup on med. heat). Make sure the water doesnt dry up, thats the most important part of it. Heat for about 15 minutes or less. These mites loooove sugar, yeast, alcohol and a low immune system. Is hard not to be stressed in this world but we have to try to see everything in a different light. So try to avoid these for the 3 days. Oatmeal is a good digestive cleaner (so dont be surprise if you find yourself going to the washroom; its like a mild natural laxative; apple w/skin its enzimes also help your digestive tract. And garlic is anti-a lot of alien bacteria, and curative in the system. You probably know all this. Since you have been doing good. Im also fighting these mites I feel them wherever I have hair plus have some rashes in my wrist; unbearable itching and dandruff; dry scalp. Everything started with my scalp and ended in my face. I have been like this since July of 2010 after I dyed my hair with a one year old hair dye (duhh! of course something was gonna come out of that). So Ive been 5 months (talking about impatient)the best part is that I always talk to the Lord and He always comes thru. Thats how I ran into the word Demodex and new that im not crazy something is walking in my head, especially at night. So obsessively I research a lot about these mites. And learned a great deal of them. My thing now is to persevere and stick with what im doing now and hoping by the grace of God, and my continuance with what im doing, Ill Kill them Alll! Oh the fasting is to clean the face from acne. In my case the face and scalp. To tell you the truth Im starting the fasting today. I started the Demodex Natural shampoo 3 days ago; the FaceDoctor complextion soap 5 days ago (it might dry your skin so a very good moisterisr will do good). And a week ago I started Natural Herbal Lotion which you use once a month in my whole body. Now Im pretty desperate so I have spent my hubbys money on killing these critters. I have faith in God coming thru to help me through this. I recommend you the book, Your doctor "mite" not know by Sharon Brock Heldman. Also in youtube-Barbara Frank on demodex mites. You will know when the mites are dead when their not walking around at night any longer, but still continue because we dont know if there is more eggs to be hatched. I believe that everything is going to be okey. We gonna look good, feel great and most of all be Free of mites. God Bless..Psalm 20

Hello! I just want to share with you guys my own experience about human demodex. I never thought it was 'parasites', at first I thought it was just allergies or I was just irritated by the shampoo that I am using. It was really disturbing and threatening because it's redness and itchiness was accompanied by a foul smell slightly comparable to the smell of rotten eggs, these lowered my self esteem. All these redness, itchiness, and foul smell started a few months ago, I immediately consulted a dermatologist to know what it really is, then I found out that it is human demodex, it was also the first time that I hear the term demodex. What the dermatologist advised me to use is the "Shampoo D'modex" and "Hair n Scalp conditioner", both was effective for me, the itchiness and redness were slightly reduced and the foul smell was completely gone only after a few days. My self esteem went back to normal as well, if you're familiar with these products you might want to give it a try. I hope my post would help people in the future.

Hi Benadryl gel cures this!! Buy Benadryl get topical analgesic and put it all over your head. It will make the mites come out of the follicles and then kill them. They turn into little fuzzie looking things. You will have to do this several times. They have a 9 day life cycle so do it for at least 9 days. Put it in your eyebrows. Do not put it near your eyes. It will burn. You will have to wash your hair afterwards because you will have a head full of dead mites.

http://demodexmitestreatment.com/demodex-treatment-strategies/

Try drinking kefir daily or taking probiotics :
https://chriskresser.com/the-gut-skin-connection-how-altered-gut-function-affects-the-skin

Hi there, I have been suffering from similar symptoms as you guys for decades. Desperate to find a solution and I believe what I have is demodex. What happens with me is a red, inflammed area. I get a whitehead. Then my body pumps out clear lymphatic fluid in an attempt to 'heal' the site. The fluid continuously weeps until it has built up a yellow crust. After about three days, the crust falls off and you'd never know anything had happened at all. This happens about once a week. Sometimes just one, but sometimes a lot of them. It happens in my elyelids where the lashes are. It happens mostly around my t-zone and sometimes in the beard area and earlobes. When people describe this condition, they just say 'demodex' or 'eczema' or 'chronic impetigo.' So, I would like to know if any of you experience the yellow crust and weeping part of these outbreaks. This would be a big help to me. The doctors either don't know or don't care about this. The only help any of us will find is amongst ourselves!

I am sure by now you all know the cure for this.

Tea tree oil and a few other oils. here is the research from the national institute of heath.



id scrub with TTO

In the office, after we administered a drop of 0.5% oxybuprocaine (proparacaine), a cotton tip wetted in 50% TTO was used to scrub the lash roots from one end to the other as one stroke. A total of six strokes were applied to each lid. A dry cotton tip was then used to remove excess TTO from the lid margin. Because TTO scrub not only loosened CD but also stimulated Demodex to move out to the skin (see Results), a dry cotton tip was used to remove CD 5 minutes later. After another 5 minutes, the second lid scrub with TTO was applied in the same manner. Following 10 minutes of rest, the third TTO lid scrub was applied. If there was any irritation, the eye was rinsed with non-preserved saline. This office scrub was repeated weekly until the Demodex count reached 0 for two consecutive visits.

Home lid scrub and other instructions

At home, the patient was asked to mix 0.5 ml of TT shampoo with tap water in both middle fingers. With eyes closed, the lids were massaged with a medium pressure for 3–5 minutes. The skin was then rinsed with clean water and dried with a towel. Such home lid scrub was practised twice daily for 1 month and then once daily thereafter. In addition, the patient was also instructed to discard used facial make-up, and wash the hair, the face, nostrils, the external ear and the neck with TT shampoo daily. The bedding and pillow cases were washed with hot water and dried in a heated dryer immediately after the first office scrub, and once a week thereafter. If the spouse also complained of similar eye irritation, the same home lid scrub was also practised.

Statistical analysis

The data were reported as means (SD). and analysed by MicroSoft Excel (MicroSoft, Redmont WA, USA). The data between groups were evaluated by two tailed t test where p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

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In vitro killing effect

We first surveyed the effect of a number of agents listed in table 1​1 on D folliculorum, and noted that 50% baby shampoo, 100% mineral oil, 75% alcohol, 10% povidone-iodine, or 4% pilocarpine could not kill Demodex in 150 minutes. In contrast, 100% alcohol killed them in 3.9 (SD 1.2) minutes. Because Demodex is frequently trapped in the CD, which consists of cellular debris made of lipids and keratins,1 we also examined whether a pretreatment with such a detergent as 10% SDS or 50% baby shampoo might promote the killing effect of other agents. The results showed that none of these pretreatments for 30 minutes could facilitate the killing by subsequent application of either 10% povidone-iodine or 75% alcohol. In contrast, 100% of TTO, caraway oil or dill weed oil killed these mites in 3.7 (0.8), 4.4 (2.3), and 14.0 (8.3) minutes, respectively. Furthermore, the killing effect of TTO was dose dependent—that is, being 14.8 (9.5), 34.7 (4.3), and 150 minutes for 50%, 25%, and 10% of TTO, respectively (p<0.01); 50% TTO and 10% TTO also exerted a similar killing of D brevis (not shown)

Hello to all...as an r.n. I've had to endure what the f#*^> has been happening to my face over the past 2-2 1/2 years.....have never really had skin issues and just an occ. zit.....then this horrid of horror, devastor of life, beast of nature came along...this little mite almost broke me...emotionally..and ..disfiguratively...but ive researched and studied and think i finally can beat /fix/undo/KILL...this bug.....and thought i would share my remedy....dont know where i caught this thing but......wash your face well first..castile soap...1 to 5 ratio....buy some..ivermectin ..i.. use horse paste--take one dose internally..based on knotched weight...and again in 5 days ......mix up some paste,tea tree oil(opt),powdered benadryl-crushed with mortar and pestle,--all mixed together with pracaxi oil as a carrier oil-or you could also mix it with your favorite lotion or oil-apply on all inflamed areas....could also go ahead and add a creamed antibiotic....just saying😶 Theres hope....

1st let me say to anyone suffering with DM I'm very sorry and my heart and prefers go out to you. I have DM and feel it's as mental as it is physical. I think about it at least 50% of the waking hours. I have had panic attacks and am on anxiety meds because of it. Not sure when I got it I just noticed one day about 2 months ago that my eyelids were crusty. Not anything to write home about just something slightly different I had started to experience. I'm an RN and very observant of any little bump, bruise, or spot on my body. I'm a picker also. I had ance really had in high school for about 3 years and then the pimples cleared up but I had super oily skin until I turned 40 (I'm 41 now) From the very first pimple I got to any spot I thought could be a pimple I would pick at and still do. But when I turned 40 it was an overnight skin change to very dry. I had never used face moisturizer until I turned 40 because it would just make my skin more oily. I also stopped wearing makeup at 35 because I had it tattoo on. I had a couple milla bumps under my eye (they showed very clearly because of the black tattoo liner. So I watch on YouTube how to remove them and did just that to the 3 milla bumps I had. About the same time I started to get the crusty eyelids (nothing on my lashes just to the lid itself) I also noticed some bumps. They weren't white like the milla bumps so I googled images of bumps and crusty eyelids. I saw a few eyes that were similar to mine but nothing stood out until I read an article on DM. I knew immediately that was what I had even though I had no itching, pimples, or dandruff. I just have a fear of bugs (live) and have the type of luck that always sucks. Not to sound like a downer or poor me It's a family joke. If something could go bad it will always happen to me. I started researching DM and it was describing everything I have had or was starting to experience to a T. I want to see my general Doctor Who had not heard of DM and his 45 years of being a physician and told him that I read about watching with baby shampoo and treating with TTO was how you got rid of them. He got on his pocket medical computer and started to read off some more homeopathic remedies because he said that prescribing ivermectin would only further compromise my poor immune system. (I had just received my by by-monthly blood work and my vitamin levels were low and I also had been under extreme stress and I had lost about 30 pounds for some unknown reason Im assume it went along with the stress I've been under) He said I probably acquired the DM because of my poor immune system I have suffered with for the past 8 years. It was the result of a drunk driver auto accident I had leaving me permanently disabled and in chronic pain. He told me to put ABT ointment around my eyes while I slept because it would suffocate the mites and slow down there movement not allowing them to mate on my face. Because my skin is so dry I have been putting a thick layer of vaseline all around my eyebrows island eyelashes under my eyes on my nose my nose and my ears and down my cheeks. I wake up and can see the dead mice within the Vaseline and on my lashes along with little green mucus looking blogs. Which I learned are clusters of dead mice. I sometimes also have to take a Q-tip and clean under my eyelids because I get clusters of the green blobs that are stringing and thick. My rountine is to wipe off the vaseline and with a face wipes that I have put drops of lavender oil and Teatree oil and I wipe my ass that I can visually see coming out my eyelash sparkles pores after the fast lane wiped off. I have to be real quick to remove them or they will bury themselves back within the follicle or poor. This has been extremely helpful for me and the Vaseline around my eyes and on my eyelashes doesn't bother me in the least. I put either 100% straight TTO or lavender oil on my face 2x a day after washing it with baby shampoo. This drys my face out terrible so the Vaseline combats the dryness without providing food for the mites to eat. They love face moisturizer and face oils but Vaseline is too thick and suffocating to there small bodies. I read one reason DM causes Acne is because they do not have a full digestive system. I have no anus to expel what they eat. So when they have eaten more than their stomachs hold their stomachs will burst causing them to die and becoming to debris in your pores hence causing a pimple (body's way of expelling the dead mite is to send white cells to fight it because it is seen as a foreign body. The white cells build up until you either break the skin to release them i.e. Popping the pimple or the skin under pressure my split on its own expressing the dead mite and pus/white cells. The body also with time can absorb the pus and dead mite if you just leave it alone. (Being a picker I can not understand how people can leave a pus filled bump alone for the body to absorb) Sorry I've gotten off topic OK as for my head I saturated my scalp with TTO mixed with liquid coconut oil (20% TTO- 80% coconut oil). I then alternate so they don't become immune to one of the oils TTO an lavender oil with regular lotion (I am very generous with the amount of oil I add to my lotion and cover my entire body that doesn't have Vaseline or coconut oil on it including my privates because I read of a person who had them migrate to her privates). I put the lotion on 2x a day after a shower which I use TTO treated shampoo and body wash. I have a spray bottle with alcohol and TTO that I spray the carpet and furniture with. I vacuum daily and change my bed daily. I wash every thing I wear in hot water and dry in hot heat. Sometimes I just throw my jeans in the dryer for 30 mins on high heat without washing them. I spray lice spray and bed bug spray also to the carpet and in my car. I bought bed bug mattresses covers for my pillows and mattress which are plastic and spray them with the lice spray before putting the clean sheets on. I've added several vitamins to my daily routine as well as drink 1teaspoon of baking soda in water. I swallow one clove of garlic like a pill daily as well. This routine takes about 2 hours a day and costs about $40 a week but in 2 month I have them almost totally under control. I don't feel them on my body anymore unless I'm thinking about it which I think that's mental not actual. This routine is working wonderful for me and I hope it can help someone else too because these bugs are horrible. I've had actual nightmares because of them and don't wish them on my worst enemy. Much luck:)