Hair mites live on the scalp, it can hide deep inside the hair follicles.
The size of an adult hair mite just 0.3 mm - 0.4mm. This skin bug have good digestive
system, feeds on sebum oil (skin fat). Hair mites don't tolerate the day light.
This is why, it is active at night. People with large number of hair mites feel more
itching and scalp irritation during night and evening hours.
Female hair mites are smaller than male mites, it lays eggs inside the hair follicles.
New mites are born in 3-4 days, the old demodex die decomposing in the skin pores. The hair mites
and demodex in general are harmless. Our immune system can control the population of the hair mites.
Therefore, most humans don't know about the demodex.
If for any reason, you start noticing demodex symptoms on your head, it is good idea to give a call to your doctor.
Hair mites need treatment. If left untreated, the mites will breed without control causing infection and
possible hair loss.
Tea tree essential oil can be used for scabies in bath. Bathing with tea tree oil while going through anti scabies treatment can help to stop the itching and eliminate skin irritation triggered by this human parasite. Because scabies is very infectious and can be easily transmitted to other people, it is important to start treatment as soon as scabies is detected and the diagnosis is confirmed by your doctor.
Besides adding tea tree oil in bathtub in liquid form, it can be used in form of a cream or lotion. Topical anti scabies products with tea tree or neem oils has higher efficacy than bathing. The skin mites, especially demodex and scabies can go inside hair follicle. Bathing itself may not provide the skin penetration effect. You will need to use natural anti scabies cream that can penetrate the skin barrier, go deep inside the skin pores and kill scabies.
Scabies is a transmittable disease that could affect men and women. Extreme itching and skin inflammation are most common symptoms of this skin problem. As opposed to demodex, scabies is extremely contagious. This skin mite can be carried from one individual to the other by skin to skin contact. For that reason, it is important to start treatment right away to kill scabies.
Tea tree oil can be found among anti scabies, natural medications. It can be used in deferent forms to eliminate the skin infection and kill this human skin mite.
In case of demodex or scabies the efficacy of tea tree oil is higher when it used in form of a cream or lotion, applied directly on to
scabies infected areas of the skin. The cream or lotion with tea tree oil can penetrate the skin barrier, go deep inside the hair follicles and kill
the skin bugs. Tea tree oil can be used as addition to a bathing water, with consistency of about 10-15 drops to a bathtub. The tea tree oil bathing method helps to ease the itching but it may not kill the bugs hiding deep in hair follicles and skin pores.
You should never treat scabies or demodex without professional advice. Ask your doctor about the benefits and possible side effects before using tea tree oil or other anti scabies treatments. There are few chemical products, that may be to aggressive for your skin. The tea tree oil itself could give you side effects if used improperly. Scabies is contagious but curable disease. You need to get rid of these bugs and rehabilitate the post scabies skin. Natural - organic or chemical - prescription drugs with less or no side effects is the best way to eliminate scabies and kill the mites.
