Tiny mites are probably crawling all over your face
DNA tests reveal the omnipresence of two arachnid species living in human skin

PORE POPULACE Microscopic skin mites like this one (pink tail of mite shown in a hair follicle in a false-color scanning electron micrograph) live on the face of every adult human on the planet, a new study suggests.
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