For mite folliculitis/Demodex resulting in rosacia, I'm finding that full strength 100% tea tree oil in the morning and letting it sit on your face during the day seems to be making a difference. I simply take a cotton pad, get it slightly wet. Use a fairly good dose of the oil. Put it on the pad. Dab it on all over the face. Let it get into the pores, sit for a while. Tea tree oil supposedly is toxic for the mite. Then maybe wash off in the afternoon. Then let your skin rest till the evening. I also use a sulfur soap to wash. Let the sulfur soap sit on your face for a few minutes allowing it to get into the pore. Also creates an uncomfortable environment for mites. And before bed I use a compounded cream of azelaic acid, ivermedtin and metronidezole. Also, I use a hand-held battery pore/blackhead cleaner to vacuum out dead skin cells and sebum around my nose and cheeks. Or wherever there is redness. I do that either daily or every other day. Lots of dink'in around. But seems to really be helping to clear this up.
What brand of Tea Tree oil do you prefer? There are so many to choose from.
I have used tea tree oil shampoo but not any lotion or oil for face.
I am not sure why this mite problem has become so apparent; my dermatologist says everyone has them, but I never had problems or even any awareness of them until the last several months. I'm wonder what has promoted this.... something in my system has changed over time. Very annoying and I want to fix this.
Our scalp, face and oily area of our head have many
sebaceous gland that may be found in biopsy sections.
We have demodex mites commonly found in our
follicles. Not to worry. They are normally of no consequence. People with oily skin and scalp can
benefit from using dandruff shampoos and cleansers with zinc pyrithione, selenium sulfide, or salicylic acid.
Topical medications for rosacea all help keep our
sebum and sebum loving mites at normal.
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What brand of Tea Tree oil do you prefer? There are so many to choose from.
I have used tea tree oil shampoo but not any lotion or oil for face.
I am not sure why this mite problem has become so apparent; my dermatologist says everyone has them, but I never had problems or even any awareness of them until the last several months. I'm wonder what has promoted this.... something in my system has changed over time. Very annoying and I want to fix this.
Are the topical medications you refer to OTC products or must doctor prescribe them? Can you suggest one.
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aj
I’m wondering about the device you use too. I’ve got very oily skin and rosasea, ivermectin 1% lotion was prescribed.