Demodex Solutions Forum

Just started a couple days ago on a relatively small area and I have several new papules and pustules (I would normally have maybe 1 in this area). I am not handling this very well since I am much worse than normal. I understand that this is part of what happens, but can I use it every other night a...

Thanks, I did not realize that the tracking number was valid for USPS (the link sent to me was to a hong kong delivery site). They attempted again today supposedly and left a note according to the USPS website. Someone was home all but maybe 1 hour, so it seems fishy and no note. If noone is home, m...

I look at the status of my shipment and all it says is "unsuccessful delivery". I have no idea what this really means. Do they just give up? I did not get a note or anything. What do I do now?

OK, so my new hobby is searching for demodex. It did two more samples after washing my face this time. I firmly squeezed the skin for several seconds to try to extract sebum. Some areas seem to have almost no sebum, while others have ample amounts. Bet after exfoliating a little, I got much cleaner ...

Well, I tried several more times...and this time I found about 3 mites. They were pretty clear in the microscope and had 8 legs. Part of my problem was I had a lot dead skin that was coming off, making it very difficult to identify the mites. After I got some sample that were mostly sebum, it was ea...

I bought a basic microscope that was USB capable, but did not find the quality to be good enough. I then bought a higher end microscope and tested out the slides. I could see everything great a 40X, 100X, and 400X. So far so good. So I "scraped" some sebum (which I have plenty of after a f...