Follicle mite tails (Demodex folliculorum) Science Image
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Follicle mite tails (Demodex folliculorum)
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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tails of three follicle or eyelash mites (Demodex folliculorum), with a hair (yellow) in a human hair follicle. These harmless parasites infest hair follicles (depressions in the skin which contain the roots of hairs) around the eyelids, nose and in the ear canals of humans.
