I have tried the demodex soap and lotion before and it dried my skin out to a crisp. I dried my skin out to the point that it basically had no flexibility whatsoever. The soap for demodex is soooo harsh.
My face already has no moisture. I did the demodex self-test years ago when I first started to have these problems. This one company sent me a kit in the mail that I could swab the skin and put the sample under the microscope (my dad has a microscope).
They showed pictures exactly what the mites looked like and I showed no evidence of mites. I guess I could test again, but my skin absolutely will not tolerate the medicine. My face cannot even tolerate water. Water completely pulls every ounce of moisture out of my skin. In the midst of the most humid summer days, as soon as my skin gets wet it shrivels up and starts to scale and flake off.