The eight-legged mites - called Demodex - live on the faces of human adults. [Courtesy]
Every pore on the human face is a walled garden in which tiny mites live, multiply and die.
In news that is bound to have individuals scratching their heads, scientists have revealed that there are eight-legged mites - called Demodex - that live on the faces of human adults.
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