Mites live in your eyelashes
The human body is a breeding ground for mites and bacteria. The majority, however, are harmless, even the ones in your eyelashes. Before you rush to the mirror to take a glimpse at the critters, they cannot be seen with the naked eye. Known as Demodex folliculorum, these microscopic face mites live in or around hair follicles, feeding on the dead skin cells and oil that has built up in the surrounding area. Typically causing no harm, in rare cases they may cause eye infections. Research has found that as we age the number of these tiny hitchhikers increases. As newborns humans are free from mite invasion. However, by the age of around 60 years, almost everyone is sure to have collected them along the way. It’s still unclear as to how these mites reproduce, but what we do know is that they live for around 14 days, hatching and growing into adults in about seven days.