What is Demodex?
Demodex is a mite, the size of which is no more than three tenths of a millimeter, and parasitizes in the sebaceous glands, as well as in the human hair follicles. Despite the very small size of the tick, a person infected with it suffers greatly from this parasite and experiences a feeling of discomfort and dissatisfaction with its appearance.
A lot of bacteria get into the human body along with this tick, which also causes great harm. In the evening, the tick comes out of the hair, and after a while comes back under the skin, and with it, various bacteria enter the skin, which cause redness on the face and irritations.
What harms demodex?
Demodex Folliculorum resides in the hair follicles. He lives by sucking the nutrients out of the hair follicles and the hair itself, which causes the bulb to become infected and swollen, and then the total loss of hair. These symptoms are already indicative of the fact that it's time to turn to a specialist.
Demodex Brevis lives in the skin. It is this mite that causes inflammation on the eyelids, face, ear shells. Due to the fact that the mite periodically gets out, and then comes back, other harmful bacteria get into the skin, which aggravate the situation even more.
Symptoms of Demodex
Symptoms of demodectic are simple enough and you can easily understand if you are infected with this parasite or not. The mite demodex provokes peeling of the skin of the face and head, red spots appear and the amount of cutaneous fat increases.
Similarly, a person infected with this mite has a feeling that someone is crawling under the skin, and itching appears. The skin condition deteriorates, it becomes "greasy" and has an unhealthy appearance, it becomes gray, acne and acne appear, the skin itself becomes oily. The formation of acne and blackheads indicates that the mite becomes stronger and already has a greater effect on your skin.
One of the symptoms of demodex is blepharitis - the eyelids itch and blush. By the evening these symptoms intensify several times and require urgent treatment, as the condition of the infected worsens, and mucous discharge from the eyes may also appear.
Many patients start to worry about the fact that eyelashes begin to fall out partially, and white particles appear on the line of their growth, there is a feeling that there is something extra in the eye that brings discomfort.
If you have identified such symptoms, then you need to analyze for a demodex, by scraping from a skin site that has already suffered. Such an analysis is better to take in a medical institution, having received an appointment from a dermatologist.
After the results of the tests are obtained, and it becomes known whether you are really infected with this parasite, the doctor will give you recommendations for further action.
The frequent causes of the appearance of the demodex mite
According to the research, 97% of the population of the entire planet suffers from demodex, however the tick is activated only if a favorable habitat appears for its existence.
The most important reason for activating the subcutaneous parasite is the excessive use of facial cosmetics, which include hormones. Also demodex can be activated due to the ingress of various bacteria under the skin through the affected areas of skin on the face.
Redness and inflammation appear as a result of the demodex female laying eggs. In general, the reasons for the spread of demodex are banal, but despite this, the problem remains very common and not everyone thinks that some kind of treatment is necessary.
How to treat demodex?
If, according to the analysis results, the availability of demodex is confirmed, the doctor will determine for you outpatient treatment, due to which you can get rid of the parasite at home. To treat demodicosis is necessary very quickly and promptly, as if to tighten with this, you risk getting scarami and scars on the skin.
Often, in order to cure demodex, prescribe a drug such as "Zenirit." The active substance of the drug is the antibiotic erythromycin, which is effective in combating harmful bacteria, and also acts as an antiseptic. Zinerite also includes zinc, which helps to reduce the production of fats, and the mite begins to feel uncomfortable in an unfavorable environment and dies.
Experts also note that the treatment should be carried out in a complex, since demodex is very cunning, and even after successful treatment through time, it can come back again. The fact is that parasite particles can remain on objects of your everyday life: bed linen, towels, combs, and after contact of the skin with these objects the risk of re-infection is very high.
Once you start the treatment, be sure to get rid of these contact items or at least boil them and do this every time until you pass the repeated analysis and find out that you are healthy.
Also effective is the treatment of demodicosis with "Differin", which is available in the form of a gel for washing, use it once a day at bedtime.
For the treatment of facial skin, experts recommend using tar tar soap, which should be washed daily. To wash it is better not water, and tincture of a calendula or broth of a camomile. Over time, you will begin to notice that the face has become much less acne, inflammation and it has again acquired a healthy appearance.
After you have been treated, you must again visit a doctor and take a second analysis to see if the treatment is effective.