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The majority of methods for treating demodex are based on extended
applications of trichopolum, and tetracyclinum internally, but this treatment has
many negative side effects. Proffesor Y.N.Koshevenko explains: «Using the
common treatments of antiparasitic drugs and skin peeling is not necessary for
the rapid removal of Demodexs mites. All these remedies and methods (cryotherapy
by liquid nitrogen, 5-10% sulfur unguents, Willkinson’s unguent,
Demianovich’s method, benzyl-benzoate, etc.) cause a sharp irritation of
the exposed skin and multiple possible aftereffects from the demodex mites in the
skin because of the negative side effect of these treatments».
For the last 50 years, Chinese doctors have achieved
considerable results in treating demodex and preventing repeated infestations.
The Chinese medicine is basing on centuries-old tradition of using
medical herbs. The treatments of demodex,
available on our site, have brought together our detailed knowledge of the Orient with the
advanced achievements of Western medicine. In recognition of their effectiveness, these
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It is important to note, that these remedies are efficient,
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1. Many dermatologists are ignorant of the pathological effect of Demodex mites on your skin,
and some doctors even don't even know about the existence Demodex mites.
As a result these doctors make the wrong diagnosis and patients are
treated for many years without visible effect, as the cause of the skin problems (the Demodex mites)
is not removed.
2. Even doctors who know about demodex mites, dont know about the modern efficient
remedies against them.
Demodex is caused by Demodex mites (demodicidae), which are found in
sebaceous glands and hair follicles. Demodicidae are colorless, covered
with small hairs, and a body size around 0.15-0.48 mm. When the demodex mite
reproduces, your skin becomes ill and irritations
arise. The skin becomes inflamed, tuberous, and acquires a faintly
gray tone. You get rashes, whelks, acne, and sores, accompanied by and irritating sensation
of crawling, and itchiness in the areas of infestation.
Antiparasitic treatment will eliminate these sensations quickly,
confirming the leading role of the demodex mite in various diseases, and refuting the
opinion of some dermatologists, who deny its influence on various skin
pathologies.
Many doctors consider Demodexs mites only a factor in
pink acnes. Chinese dermatologists, and knowledgable
doctors and scientists (S.Ò. Pavlov, O.K. Shaposhnikov, V.I. Samtsov, I.I. Ilyin), have shown
that demodex cause a variety of skin diseases.
The symptoms of demodex vary between people. We give only the most common symptoms.
1. Whelks, youthful acnes, rash, pink acnes, pustules, sores, etc. on the
face are often manifestation of infestation by the demodex mite. After a long-term infestation you will observe
whelks on your back, chest and even hips.
2. Red elevated spots on your face.
3. Increased oil production on the
skin and expanded pores. The affected areas are wet,
and shiny. The skin on a nose and cheeks
are the most commonly affected.
4. One's face has pale or gray tone.
5. Lumpy facial skin. The lower layers of skin have a coarse look
due to small-sized solid blobs of calcium that result in an
unhealthy complexion.
6. Limited range of facial movements.
7. Enlargement of the nose. Sometimes so much so that
the nose starts to resemble a huge blue-red plum (rhinophyma).
8. An itchy, tickling sensation of skin crawling.
Sometimes you wont even notice the itch, and just scratch
automatically. The itch is greater at night
as the mites are nocturnal.
9. Itchy scalp and hair loss.
Premature loss of a hair has been linked to infestation of the
Demodex mite.
10.
Itchy of eyelashes. Loss of eyelashes also are a
consequence of the activity of Demodex mites, which live in roots of eyelashes.
Generally, the bases of the eyelashes start to itch; your eyelashes will thin
and eventually start to fall out.
The major localizations of mites - the so-called «a delta circuit of demodex» are:
the wings of the nose, the skin between the nose and upper lip (the nasolabial fold), and chin.
Also the mite is known to inhabit eyelashe pores, the outer part of the ear (the
auricles), other areas covered in hair, and the neck. Eventually,
the demodex mite may come to cover skin on the chest, and in extreme, rare cases the
back (0.5-0.7% of cases studied).
Demodex mites inhabit sebaceous glands and hair follicles and feed on their
contents. They prefers areas with heitened levels of sebaceous gland activity.
Yes. According to research of CSRDVI (Central scientific-research
dermatovenerologic institute), 89 % of
healthy people are hosts to some demodex mites. However most do noteven realize
Demodex mites exist (O.E.Akilov and co-workers, 2002). 2-3
Demodexs mites in a gland usually does not lead to deformation of the skin, but more than that
may bring on many of the symptoms mentioned above.
In large numbers (10-20 individuals and more) you will find them only in the hypertrophied
(excessively enlarged) glands. We are not yet positive about of the causal nature of the mites:
Does the gland hypertrophy as a result of the mites or do the mites simply
breed and take up all available space.
Symbiosis of bacteria and a microflora create condition where the skin is weakened, making an enviornment
that is suitable for the Demodex mites. In normal conditions Demodex
mites do not penetrate the surface layer of the skin. When the bacteria and microflora weaken the skin
the normal response from immune system of the skin to the mite is weakened. As a
result of various factors (for example, the long-term application of
corticosteroid salves) the female demodex lays her eggs under the surface
of the skin. These subdermal eggs cause variation of chemical parameters of hypodermal fat,
which lead to boosted activity of immune system, creating inflamed areas of the skin. This is
a usual response of an organism to a physical and chemical stimulus (in this case, the Demodex mite),
which has occurred, where its existence is not excpetcted by the organism (your subdermal skin)(S.Wikel,
1999). Thus, the Demodex mite takes advantage of, and then
enflames a pathological process.
Their is currently convincing data pointing to the important role of the weakening of
immune system in the evolution of demodex and of its chronic state. Strong emotional stresses, neuroendocrinal,
gastrointestinal, mental, immune diseases, lesions hepatobiliary systems and
breakdowns of lipid exchanges can contribute to the onset of demodex.
Our data indicates that the
application of expensive cosmetics with hormonal and other
biological additives, excessive bathing, and sunburn are primary initiators of demodex. Under
these conditions the demodex mite generates physical and chemical stimuli calling and
enflaming pathological processes in the body.
For men variations from their prostate, for women - variations of the thyroid
gland are quite often seen.
The main condition necessary for the vital functions of the mite is enough hypodermal
fat, and the more fat there is, the happier the demodex mite will be. Demodex mites are a parasite not capable
of living independently of a host organism, i.e. the demodex mite is necessarily a
parasite. The tick lives off of the nutrients received from the epithelium
(the tissues covering the surface of skin which has a protective
function). Without the host the Demodex tick perishes, but not
instantaneously, and under certain conditions it can exist for quite a while.
For example, in water at the temperature of 12-15°C it can live up
to 25 days, on dead corpuscles of skin, at ambient temperature it can live up to
21 day, in pus at 37°C - 18-20 days, and at temperatures of 53-55°C the
mite dies in 18-20 days. At the temperature of
below 14°C the tick is in a state of a torpor.
The greatest activity is seen at betweeen 30-40°C.
Favorable substances for Demodex mites include - vegetable oil, Adeps (lard),
and Vaseline (major componenets of many cosmetics).
The reproductive life cycle of the demodex mite is: egg, larva,
nymph 1 (protonymph), nymph 2 (deutonymph), imago (puberal mite). The
life cycle is from 15 - 25 days.
Microscopic eggs of the mite are covered in hypodermal fat on the surface of
the skin and can be transmitted from person to person by common
towels, face to face contact, as well as hand to face to face.
The mites typically live in empty sebaceous glands, but infestation starts only
with seborrhea, i.e. excessive
production by the sebaceous glands.
The demodex disease, as a rule, tends to advance and propagate. On the skin
around mouth, the hair follicles are on an inflamed background,
there are papules (small dermal eruptions - small, dense nodules
slightly elevated above the skin) and pustules (purulent spots), and the skin
may be seen to peel. There are spots of what appear to be pink
acne. You may see hair in and around the lesion. Ocular
developing processes (blepharoconjunctivitis, an episcleritis, a
keratitis, a serous iritis) are possible. Irritating sensations of crawling,
and an itch at the center of the site of the lesion.
Demodex is a disease of people with a particular composition of sweat,
thin sensitive skin, and weakened immunodefence.
90% of patients are women. This is because
women tend to be checked for demodex more often than men,
and women tend to care more about their appearance than
men.
The greatest activity of Demodex mites is seen in spring and summer.
This is correlated with greater insolation (exposure to solar radiation),
warmer temperatures (which are more condusive to the activity of the mite), and immune and endocrine
breakdowns. The greatest quantity of patients diagnosed with demodex
is seen from March to June.
Every year we see an increase in the number of patients with demodex.
According to the World Health Organization, the
number of patients with demodex is growing annually: in
1999 and 2000 demodex was found in 30-33% people inspected, in 2001 and
2002 40-41% of patients inspected were found to have demodex.
There are many possible reasons for this increase, including:
1. Changes in the biocenosis of the skin, creating
favorable conditions for the parasitic Demodex
mite.
2. Newly diagnosed cases of demodex are added to the many cases of people who are not properly treated for demodex.
3. Improvments in clinical and laboratory diagnostics increase the frequency
of detection of Demodex mites in scrapes of a skin.
If you have problems with your skin, we strongly recommend getting tested for
for demodex mites by an expert-dermatologist as early as possible. Demodex
is hazardous, will not heal on its own, your skin will
worsen as time goes by, and not only will cosmetics will fail to
hide the progress of demodex, they may even exacerbate the problem.
Demodex mites often infect other members of your family. If
others in your family start to show the slightest signs of demodex it will be necessary for them
to be tested and to use course of treatment, so as not to become a
source of repeated infestation.
Testing for demodex is based on detecting the mites in samples taken from the enflamed area of
skin, the secretions of the sebaceous-hair follicles, other hair, or
eyelashes.
Before the test you should not use cosmetics, or medical salves
for up to 10 days as these actions will increase the likelyhood of the test failing.
Analysis must be done in laboratory conditions. A scrape is ussually taken from the
affected area of the skin.
The specimens for testing may also be taken by pulling out a hair from the affected
area(s). The test material is put on a slide plate with a
solution of 10% alkali, on a glass slide and viewed for 5-10 minutes
under a microscope (magnification of objective lens is 10, and the ocular is also 10).
The Laboratory findings are considered positive upon the detection of
mites, eggs or the larvae, which have emptied sheaths of eggs. In the case
of detection only sheaths retest is necessary.
If the test comes back positive, ask the doctor, what kind of demodex was found: long or short.
It will be necessary to know which kind was found, to determine the duration of your treatment
(for long demodex - 120 days are needed, for short demodex - 180 days).
Long demodex (Demodex folliculorum longus) - is the mite with a long drawn
down, worm-shaped body. The size ranges from 0.272 up to 0.480 mm. It lives
inside of hair follicles.
Short demodex (Demodex folliculorum brevis) - is the mite with a body length
for males from 0.128 to 0.144 mm, and for females - 0.160-0.176 mm. The short demodex lives in
the sebaceous glands.
Only your doctor can determine the type of demodex based on the results of the test.
For short demodex - 180 days (short demodex require longertreatment,
as the mites burrow deeper into the skin).
After mating Demodex mites lay their eggs in ever deeper parts of the skin. The
cream cannot kill these eggs. The time from mating until the eggs hatch
varies between 15 and 25 days. Therefore it is important to maintain continuous
treatment to disruprt the mating of the mites.
- Use face powder, a creams and other cosmetics (these cosmetics
include nutrients which demodex mites like a lot, and encourage the demodex's reproduction);
The method of applying the cream merits special notice.
With the goal of preventing tension on the skin in mind, it is recommended that the cream be put on lightly
by patting it on, and then spreading it lightly along in the
direction of dermal lines (these are the lines of the least tension
on the skin).
From the chin dermal lines go from middle of the chin along the jaw until the
ear lobes; on the cheeks - from the corner of the mouth to the upper part of the ear,
from middle of the upper lip along the lateral surface of the nose to the
upper ear; around an eye - from an interior angle of the eye on the
upper eyelid to the outer angle of the eye, and then (in the opposite
direction) from the outer angle of the eye on the lower eyelid to the interior
angle; on forehead - from middle of forehead to the temples. Dermal lines on your
forehead match the direction of the hair on your eye-brows. On the nose they
go from the bridge on the ridge of the nose to its end, from the ridge of the nose
downwards on its lateral surfaces.
In the area of the forehead, cheeks, nose, upper lip and a chin the cream is applied
by pushing, and patting movements. Around the eye a light
spreading out movement is recommended. In mental area patting by the
back party of brushes (effleurages) in a direction from centerline to ears
are applied. Put a flint softly, mechanic effects can harm a skin only.
Rub the cream into to the skin with tenderness and care, and love. Assist your skin to become
beautiful and healthy.
Many people make a mistake, when after their inflamation goes away, after one or two month
months they think they are cured. It really is necessary to finish the complete
course of treatment (120 or 180 days), for only then you can you be sure, that your
skin is
cured.
After the course of treatment we recommend you use the cosmetic cream Xin
Fumanling Cosmetic. This cream was developed specially for people who have had
demodex, and this cream will help your skin resist repeated infestations.
