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Demodex Mites and Eyelashes

Ladies, this article is going to be very serious. To be more exact, we will discuss a really serious problem. What do you know about Demodex? And what do you know about Demodex mites and eyelashes?
 
Bad for you if you haven’t heard about Demodex mites and eyelashes problems associated with it. Guess the sooner you will get necessary info about Demodex mites and eyelashes, the better for you it will be.
 
So, Demodex mites are also called just lash mites and sometimes face mites. These are tiny creatures that live in humans’ pores (usually on your nose, chin, or cheeks) and hair follicles. Demodex looks like a worm, has little legs and claws, and feeds with your skin cells.
 
What do Demodex mites and eyelashes have in common? Sure, there are no common features between them. Demodex mites can just live in the roots of your lashes. Gee, wtf! How can it happen? What are the reasons for having Demodex mites in eyelashes? I will explain you.
 
Do you use cosmetics heavily? Are you lazy to remove it properly? Or, probably, you use products of not that high quality? Then, Demodex mites in your eyelashes are going to be a result of your careless attitude towards your health and lashes in particular. continue reading »

Eyelash Mites Treatment: How to Drive the Mite Away

Considering the harmful effect that eyelash mite can have on eye health, I keep on introducing eyelash mites treatment on Fashion Eyelashes World. Apart from blepharitis described earlier, eyelash mite can cause demodectic conjunctivitis. The main symptom of this disease is conjunctiva blushing that leads to eyelashes gluing in the morning. There is another diseases caused by eyelash mite, blepharoconjunctivitis, i.e. eyelid and conjunctiva affection combined. Cornea and sclera of the person suffering from demodicosis can also be affected (keratitis and episcleritis respectively). Acute attacks of the diseases are observed in winter and summer.
 
Eyelash mites treatment should be continuous. Observing personal hygiene rules gains extreme importance, as it prevents autoinfection. Consider the following rules for eyelash mites treatment:

• Use disposable tissues for washing;
• Iron towels and pillow slips every day;
• Clean regularly your shaving set, glasses and spectacle-box;
• Launder your paraphernalia on a regular basis.

Do not postpone with visiting your doctor and he/she will subscribe the necessary eyelash mites treatment for you. There exist certain ointments and gels for eyelash mites treatment. The earlier you start the treatment the sooner you will get rid of the mite. Note that you should not suspend eyelash mites treatment, as in this case it will not be effective. Please, remember that it is always easier to prevent the disease than to cure it.

Eyelash Mite Vs Fashion Eyelashes

Oops! You were diagnosed with eyelash mite and you know nothing about it? Just keep cool; medicine has a number of weapons to fight this enemy. Your job is to learn what eyelash mite is and what basic steps to take to stanch it.
 
Eyelash mite is known as demodicosis. Demodex mite living on eyelashes can cause this disease. Every fourth has this mite on eyelashes, but does not even guess its existence. The thing is that eyelash mite can live on eyelashes for a long time without revealing itself. But under favorable conditions, such as immunity diseases and gastrointestinal disturbances, the eyelash mite puts itself on the map – one starts to suffer from blepharitis and even visual impairment.
 
Elderly people and children are mostly affected by the disease. The main symptoms of the disease are: eye fatigue, itch, edema, hyperaemia of eyelids. Along with high contagiousness, these symptoms help to diagnose the disease even at external visual examination. A patient can have damaged eyelid (eyelashes are stuck together), common sties, recurrent acne, or psoriasis. Laboratory research is pretty simple and it does not require special preparation. Four eyelashes are taken from the superior eyelid of the patient and four eyelashes are taken from his/her interior eyelid. Using a drop of alkali, a doctor examines the eyelashes under a microscope – thus eyelash mite can be easily detected. continue reading »