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Anyone else dealing with Demodex Mites? What helps?

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Hi…oh dear, sorry to hear this. I have had those red bumps on my chest and back of neck and might have one or two of them on my back. I currently have one on my chest so out of frustration, I dabbed it this AM w 100% TTO. I showed this one to my dermatologist earlier in the week and she didn’t know what to make of it. When I first had the demos ( or little fekers as I call them!), I am pretty sure I had them all over. As I have learned more, my sense is that Inhad both foliculorum and brevis. Interestingly, when I took oral ivermectin early on in my fight, it seemed that it wipes out the brevis… as my total body symptoms seemed to disappear. And subsequently, my crawling, itching and stinging symptoms are on my scalp, face, eyes, nose and ears. I am feeling optimistic again w adding Vaseline to my night time ritual of washing with the TTO shampoo, applying the TTO leave in condition/body lotion ( all over above areas except scalp) and then covering all those areas w Vaseline. I sleep on a towel covered pillow case so that I don’t ruin my pillow cases. I find the scalp tricky…. I do the shampoo, use the TTO hair conditioner, rinse that out and then apply the leave in conditioner daily. But find by the end of the day, I am feeling the symptoms on my scalp, so I apply the TTO scalp treatment from OGX ( photo below). Again, nothing making them go away completely… but feeling more under control and manageable. I haven’t increased the concentration of TTO in this product yet, but will when I buy a new bottle. Hope this helps!

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I met with a new opthalmologist today and in the discussion, he said demodex mites do NOT cause itching on the skin, only in the eyes. I replied "of course they cause itching" , I'm not sure he appreciated that. . He suggested it could be another kind of mite. I understand that TTO can cause itching and allergic reactions so that might be cause of some itching, but not all.

try Oust Demodex wipes from Amazon

I wonder if they mutate and become resistant over time. Horrible thought.
I've used the wrong lotion on my legs, out of habit without thinking, several days recently and the mites just loved it. Can't believe I did that . I recall you found an oil free lotion you liked, but don't remember if you identified the brand. ?? Is the vaseline supposed to trap them , they get stuck in it and suffocate.