Years ago, the worst thing that could happen to you from kissing a lot was chapped lips, or perhaps a case of mononucleosis. Just recently, however, scientists have found that sucking face has a whole new meaning when applied to microscopic skin mites.
It was news to me that our faces are like high-rise condos for Demodex folliculorum, a species of skin mite that resides in our hair follicles and sucks out the yummy, gummy skin flakes that accumulate within. In that sense I guess they’re like remoras for people, unseen hitchhikers that live on the dead cells they clean off us. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/11/there-are-tiny-critters-who-live-on-your-face-and-eat-your-dead-skin-at-night-but-thats-not-the-worst-part/
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