The "face mites" are called Demodex, and it's a variation of the same mites that cause mange in animals. They are evil demon hell monsters from hell.
Almost everyone has them, but if you have a compromised immune system, like from diabetes (like me!) or sometimes as you age, they can overbreed and become like a plague of invisible crawling, itching and biting monsters that live anywhere you have a hair follicle, but mainly the face, eyelashes, eyebrows and scalp. They burrow into the skin around the hair follicles, create "hives" of Demodex and crawl out at night to breed. It's truly as horrible as it sounds, you can't see them at all, and it makes you feel like a crazy person.
A lot of doctors don't even know to look for them, (I went though 6 doctors) and even if they do, they don't really know what to prescribe to stop it, so the poor sufferers often have to find their own treatments by trail and error. Among the things I tried: massive amounts of tea tree oil, almost every single insecticide poison on the market, (permethrin, malathion, ivermectin, etc.) seabuckthorn oil, neem oil, thymol, sulphur, Diatomaceous Earth, you name it and I tried it.
In the end, the only thing that worked for me, after trying every different method I could find for over 2 YEARS, was a Hydrogen Peroxide and Borax rinse that you leave on overnight. It's cheap, safe, and actually works. It's a treatment usually applied for mange. The peroxide gets the Borax under the skin and kills the bugs and eggs. You also have to use the Borax to dust/wash everything in your environment, as they can get into pillows and couches, etc.
It also helps to build up your immune system, as that is what allows the bug population to explode in the first place.
Almost everyone has them, but if you have a compromised immune system, like from diabetes (like me!) or sometimes as you age, they can overbreed and become like a plague of invisible crawling, itching and biting monsters that live anywhere you have a hair follicle, but mainly the face, eyelashes, eyebrows and scalp. They burrow into the skin around the hair follicles, create "hives" of Demodex and crawl out at night to breed. It's truly as horrible as it sounds, you can't see them at all, and it makes you feel like a crazy person.
A lot of doctors don't even know to look for them, (I went though 6 doctors) and even if they do, they don't really know what to prescribe to stop it, so the poor sufferers often have to find their own treatments by trail and error. Among the things I tried: massive amounts of tea tree oil, almost every single insecticide poison on the market, (permethrin, malathion, ivermectin, etc.) seabuckthorn oil, neem oil, thymol, sulphur, Diatomaceous Earth, you name it and I tried it.
In the end, the only thing that worked for me, after trying every different method I could find for over 2 YEARS, was a Hydrogen Peroxide and Borax rinse that you leave on overnight. It's cheap, safe, and actually works. It's a treatment usually applied for mange. The peroxide gets the Borax under the skin and kills the bugs and eggs. You also have to use the Borax to dust/wash everything in your environment, as they can get into pillows and couches, etc.
It also helps to build up your immune system, as that is what allows the bug population to explode in the first place.