How will you react to the message that someone is living on your face? Specifically - a parasite, and even more precisely - a tick. Maybe you will rush to the mirror, start to feel your face with your hands, and certainly you will vehemently refute such an opportunity. And, nevertheless, the fact, as they say, honey - the overwhelming majority of people (according to some estimates - up to 95 percent) in the skin covers a microscopic facial mite.

How will you react to the message that someone is living on your face? Specifically - a parasite, and even more precisely - a tick. Maybe you will rush to the mirror, start to feel your face with your hands, and certainly you will vehemently refute such an opportunity. And, nevertheless, the fact, as they say, honey - the overwhelming majority of people (according to some estimates - up to 95 percent) in the skin covers a microscopic facial mite. Its scientific title is Demodex folliculorum, although it is almost easier for you from such information. In Latin everything sounds fine, but a living parasite on your face - what an abomination!.

How annoyingly it would sound, it is, and most people do not suspect such a "cohabitation" only because the mites, unlike their more recognizable forest and bed brothers, quite rarely show their presence. They settle in the hair follicles (this is the root of the hair with its surroundings) or the sebaceous glands of the hairs on the face, feeds on the broken cells and does not cause its owner any inconvenience. But under certain conditions, the facial tick is activated and begins to lead destructive activity, causing a skin disease, called demodecosis.

What kind of conditions are these? Activation of the sebaceous glands, due to which fat and other substances start to be released even more, creating a nutrient medium for the tick and urging it to a saturated vital activity. He bites into the deeper layers of the skin causing inflammation, and rapidly multiplies, leading to increase in the affected area Hassle. As a result, initially there are nasty itchy feelings, then a rash, spots, which, merging and sliding, form disgusting tuberculate growths. And the longer this process lasts, the worse the face of the sick person looks, therefore, having found in oneself something similar to the symptoms of demodicosis, contact the doctor. And do not fall into despair if it really is a facial mite - healing exists, and almost always, if it is done well, in a complex and in turn, gives good results.

Now about those symptoms, which should be given their attention, especially during the maturation of adolescents, during which the rich work of hormones activates the glands. Unhappy youthful acne and pimples are often a manifestation of demodectic. Pale or gray earth-gray face, reddish spots on it - another symptom. Like the increased fat content of the skin, and pore expansion. The face can itch and scratch, especially closer to the evening and with the coming of the night, when the facial tick is more active. In the later stages, demodicosis shows tuberculate skin, the formation of scar tissue, outgrowths.

Despite the fact that at the moment there are a lot of different preparations, creams and ointments being positioned as a good remedy in dealing with the face mite, it is not advisable to try to heal without the help of others. The same applies to the recipes of folk medicine. Not every doctor, not to mention cosmeticians, can prescribe the right healing, and some procedures can only damage the skin and worsen the situation. The approach to getting rid of demodicosis should be serious, alternating and prof, starting from the fact that the diagnosis should not be put "by eye," but from the results of a study of scrapings from the affected area under a microscope.

All-encompassing therapy includes both healing with antibiotics, and restoring immunity and skin cleansing. This is not a very fast process, for which time you also need to observe certain conditions - to limit contact of the face skin with water, washing with the introduction of special lotions and emulsions, to impose a moratorium on visiting the sauna or sauna, to exclude from the diet salty and fatty foods, alcohol and Carefully follow other prescriptions of a dermatologist.

Health. Sumy. Ua.