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Anyone else dealing with Demodex Mites? What helps?

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Yes, you really did full blitz; glad you had no reactions. I started by using a sodium sulfacetamide & sulfur cleanser on my face about a month ago. Recently added OcuSoft's demodex foam cleanser for eyelids . Bought tea tree oil a week or two ago and am experimenting with it. Have used Neutrogena Deep Clean scrub for years prior to exfoliate and have been doing that more often now. Happily, the last two days I see and am encouraged. It takes a while,I realize, and I am not a patient person. I've used Jason tea tree oil shampoo before all this with mites, but am using it every day or other day, instead varing it with other shampoos. Typically, I'm cautious about starting more than one new product at a time , based on bad past experience, then not knowing which product caused the problem. So I'm still trying to do that with this regimen. I like the idea of a tea tree body wash so will look for that . As long as I see it's working, I'll keep on keeping on. I've read so much about mites recently my head spins. One natural product that was almost as effective as 100% TTO is caraway oil, per one of the articles no NIH site. Interesting. I want to read about 100% alcohol. 99% is referred to as "industrial and for cleaning " on Amazon, so doesn't sound like something to apply to the face. I don't have the creepy crawly sensations but do some itching and notice my face is quite dry. Since oil is attractive to the mites I am very sparing with any moisturizer.

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I found the attached in a study about the survival rates of Demodex Folliculorum, and 100% TTO killed them in 3.7 minutes; 100% alcohol in 3.9 minutes; 100% caraway oil (CWO) in 4.4.

I use the alcohol on my makeup brushes, and used to spray my powders but stopped when I learned they die quickly because it dries them out.

My face and neck are quite dry now, and I'm not sure how to handle it since the new moisturizers I bought don't have oil in them and aren't as effective as my old ones with oil. I'm using serums (CeraVe Vitamin C with hyaluronic acid; and Filorga Hydra-Hyaal Intensive Hydrating and Plumping Face Serum (pricey) (all Amazon). One thing that really, really dried my face out was the Ovante demodex mask. I used it once last week and my neck hasn't recovered yet. I'm 74 and would only use it again if I were years younger or if nothing I'm doing now won't control the DX
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