Over 20 million Americans have dry eye disease, which means that their eyes don’t produce enough tears or their tears evaporate too quickly. Dry air, wind, certain autoimmune diseases, medications ...

Dear Doctor: I would appreciate if you would talk a bit about eyelash mites. What are they, and how does someone get them? What is the best treatment to get rid of them? Dear Reader: Eyelash mites, ...

Heads up, there are two types of bugs that can take up residence on your eyelashes. But before you run to the mirror and start inspecting your eyes, take a beat-those bugs (a.k.a., eyelash mites) are ...

Waking up with itchy eyelids might seem like a typical allergy symptom, but it could also be a sign of eye mites. Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your ...

Eyelash mites-a.k.a., Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis-are passed from person to person and live on the face, typically around the eyelash follicles (that's where they lay their eggs). They ...

What’s the best eyelid scrub? Every time we blink, a lot is happening underneath our eyelids. Our eyelids protect our eyes from foreign objects and secrete moisturizing fluids that keep the eyes from ...

Dear Doctor: I would appreciate if you would talk a bit about eyelash mites. What are they, and how does someone get them? What is the best treatment to get rid of them? Dear Reader: Eyelash mites, ...