Comments on: Meet your face mites! http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kristi http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1524146 Kristi Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1524146 When I was a child I was absolutely fascinated by the idea of tiny life forms living in my eyebrows.  I am not sure what made me think about it so often, but I definitely remember being very aware of the idea (maybe I also saw the episode that Rick. mentioned above?).  In any case, I was so excited to see the tile of this post and to finally feel justified in all of my odd childhood awe. When I was a child I was absolutely fascinated by the idea of tiny life forms living in my eyebrows.  I am not sure what made me think about it so often, but I definitely remember being very aware of the idea (maybe I also saw the episode that Rick. mentioned above?). 

In any case, I was so excited to see the tile of this post and to finally feel justified in all of my odd childhood awe.

]]> By: Rick. http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523906 Rick. Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523906 There's an episode of That's Incredible! from my childhood that had a story about mites or something that live on your eyebrows (or eyelids?) that really did a number on me for years. I still think about it when I'm aggressively washing my face in the shower.  I tried finding the clip online but could not. There’s an episode of That’s Incredible! from my childhood that had a story about mites or something that live on your eyebrows (or eyelids?) that really did a number on me for years. I still think about it when I’m aggressively washing my face in the shower.  I tried finding the clip online but could not.

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523482 Robert Cruickshank Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523482 That "forgot to give it a butthole,  so I'll just let it die in a poop-expolosion" thing must be kind of interesting for the intelligent design folks. That “forgot to give it a butthole,  so I’ll just let it die in a poop-expolosion” thing must be kind of interesting for the intelligent design folks.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523275 Preston Sturges Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523275 Holy crap, they are big enough to see with a magnifier (0.1 to 0.4 mm).  Wikipedia has quite a bit more: The entire life cycle of D. folliculorum takes places in the time span of 18–24 days on its host.[4] Females have a ventral vulva anus opening, and males have a well-developed penis located between the first and second legs. A female adult lays 20-24 eggs in a single hair follicle, as they grow they become tightly packed, and develops into larvae.[4] During the day, they remain feeding within the follicle. Later at night, they emerge onto the surface of the mate and eggs are laid into the hair follicles. The larva is then washed by a sebaceous flow, produced by the host’s sebaceous glands, into the mouth of the hair follicle where the egg matures into an adult.[4] It takes seven days for the larva to develop into an adult that is ready to reproduce sexually.[9]  Holy crap, they are big enough to see with a magnifier (0.1 to 0.4 mm).  Wikipedia has quite a bit more:

The entire life cycle of D. folliculorum takes places in the time span of 18–24 days on its host.[4] Females have a ventral vulva anus opening, and males have a well-developed penis located between the first and second legs. A female adult lays 20-24 eggs in a single hair follicle, as they grow they become tightly packed, and develops into larvae.[4] During the day, they remain feeding within the follicle. Later at night, they emerge onto the surface of the mate and eggs are laid into the hair follicles. The larva is then washed by a sebaceous flow, produced by the host’s sebaceous glands, into the mouth of the hair follicle where the egg matures into an adult.[4] It takes seven days for the larva to develop into an adult that is ready to reproduce sexually.[9] 

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523274 Preston Sturges Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523274 "Simpsons did it!" “Simpsons did it!”

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523250 Preston Sturges Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523250 How many stories did that? There was "The Sand Kings" How many stories did that? There was “The Sand Kings”

]]> By: Wingnut http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523244 Wingnut Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523244 I have a feeling that as a kid Maggie Koerth-Baker would say to the kid next to her at lunch time "wanna see something gross?" and then excrete chewed-up egg salad sandwich through her teeth. Just a hunch. I have a feeling that as a kid Maggie Koerth-Baker would say to the kid next to her at lunch time “wanna see something gross?” and then excrete chewed-up egg salad sandwich through her teeth. Just a hunch.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523242 Preston Sturges Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523242 duplicate duplicate

]]> By: Robert Louis http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1523041 Robert Louis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1523041 As you may or may not have seen yesterday, the bacteria in the little pack-o-poo these little fellows leave behind may be the cause of Rosacea: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22227-rosacea-may-be-caused-by-mite-faeces-in-your-pores.html EDIT/TLDR: the discover article was downstream from the ns one As you may or may not have seen yesterday, the bacteria in the little pack-o-poo these little fellows leave behind may be the cause of Rosacea:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22227-rosacea-may-be-caused-by-mite-faeces-in-your-pores.html

EDIT/TLDR: the discover article was downstream from the ns one

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522951 chaopoiesis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522951 Right – otherwise you may end up coming back as one of the 10^14 bacteria living in your tummy and penis and coo.  Which of course are all busy having sex with each other. Right – otherwise you may end up coming back as one of the 10^14 bacteria living in your tummy and penis and coo. 

Which of course are all busy having sex with each other.

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522865 robotnik Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522865 That's life, pal. That’s life, pal.

]]> By: jrevelator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522805 jrevelator Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522805 I am so sick of  HD photos of microscopic alien bugs from hell. It makes me itchy every damn time I see one. Giant telescopes show us awe inspiring gaseous nebulae while electron microscopes make us gasp in effing horror.  I am so sick of  HD photos of microscopic alien bugs from hell. It makes me itchy every damn time I see one. Giant telescopes show us awe inspiring gaseous nebulae while electron microscopes make us gasp in effing horror. 

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522795 oasisob1 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522795  Now how do I get them to pray to me?  Now how do I get them to pray to me?

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522601 Matthew Petty Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522601 they're probably already in there they’re probably already in there

]]> By: wibbled_pig http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522542 wibbled_pig Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522542 As long as they don't cause allergic reactions, they're welcome to live their two weeks on my face for many generations. As long as they don’t cause allergic reactions, they’re welcome to live their two weeks on my face for many generations.

]]> By: Crashproof http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522510 Crashproof Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522510 A face unicorn! A face unicorn!

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522499 cstatman Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522499 oh gawd-damnit    thank you for contributing even MORE  to my OCD issues.     I need to go wash my face,  but I am at work, and the sinks are not as clean as I would like....      CRAP CRAP CRAP oh gawd-damnit    thank you for contributing even MORE  to my OCD issues.     I need to go wash my face,  but I am at work, and the sinks are not as clean as I would like….      CRAP CRAP CRAP

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522478 knoxblox Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522478 After the two mites finish having sex upon the scientist's face, they decide to have a snack. As they lazily munch away, one turns to the other and asks, "So what are you eating?" The other mite replies, "Nutting, honey." After the two mites finish having sex upon the scientist’s face, they decide to have a snack. As they lazily munch away, one turns to the other and asks, “So what are you eating?”
The other mite replies, “Nutting, honey.”

]]> By: greybird http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522480 greybird Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522480 I commented at length about my own experience treating my "acne" as a demodex problem under the previous post on acne: http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/make-yourself-healthy-searchi.html "Demodex Solutions" is working for me. Google it. I didn't have a microscope to check for mites first, but their treatments are healing my skin regardless. See before (march 15, 2012) and current image attached. Slowly but significantly improving... I commented at length about my own experience treating my “acne” as a demodex problem under the previous post on acne: http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/make-yourself-healthy-searchi.html

“Demodex Solutions” is working for me. Google it.

I didn’t have a microscope to check for mites first, but their treatments are healing my skin regardless. See before (march 15, 2012) and current image attached. Slowly but significantly improving…

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522465 Quiche de Resistance Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522465 "They are having sex on your face" Am I the only one that thinks this is kinda hot? "...they don't even have an anus." Well this is disappointing. “They are having sex on your face”
Am I the only one that thinks this is kinda hot?
“…they don’t even have an anus.”
Well this is disappointing.

]]> By: wolfman_al2 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522458 wolfman_al2 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522458 How lovely! Now excuse me, my face has an appointment with the belt sander now. How lovely!
Now excuse me, my face has an appointment with the belt sander now.

]]> By: GrumpySteen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522452 GrumpySteen Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522452 At first glance I thought Boing Boing had posted an X-ray of an adult toy. At first glance I thought Boing Boing had posted an X-ray of an adult toy.

]]> By: Nick Harvey http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522443 Nick Harvey Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522443 I'm usually all in favor of knowledge for its own sake, but I really did not need this information in my brain. I’m usually all in favor of knowledge for its own sake, but I really did not need this information in my brain.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522440 Robert Baruch Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522440 Can't we just give them a cute name, like the water bears have? Can’t we just give them a cute name, like the water bears have?

]]> By: Val Lindsay http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522437 Val Lindsay Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522437 "All over your face". Great. The GG Allin of bugs... “All over your face”. Great. The GG Allin of bugs…

]]> By: Darcy Casselman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522429 Darcy Casselman Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522429 Can we get a unicorn, please? Can we get a unicorn, please?

]]> By: Brian Malow http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522424 Brian Malow Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522424 "Meet Your Face Mites!" - sounds like a new song title from They Might Be Giants. “Meet Your Face Mites!” – sounds like a new song title from They Might Be Giants.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522419 Nathan Hornby Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522419 :o :o

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/meet-your-face-mites.html#comment-1522418 Funk Daddy Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178925#comment-1522418 Yet another reason to behave and be good to others and yourself if you believe in reincarnation. Yet another reason to behave and be good to others and yourself if you believe in reincarnation.

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