The same people who pointed out how many critters live in our houses are now doing the same thing for our faces. Yes, faces.
We learned in a previous interview how many arthropods live in our houses with us; now they're back to tell us about face mites. Yes, face mites.
Call them demodex if it makes you feel better, but they live in our pores.
Michelle Trautwein from the California Academy of Sciences is the messenger with the weird news. She visits The Exchange to tell us if there's any point washing our faces more often.