It’s been a couple years since I made an IMPORTANT PSA about this but this is a follicle mite, or demodex, which has basically no face, just a little mouth underneath:
The following is a closeup of a baby silkworm that falsely went viral years ago as a photo of demodex:
And this is commonly used CG stock art by someone who unfortunately referenced both:
Demodex don’t have claws or fangs or eyes! They are just smooth sausage beasts. We also don’t actually know what they eat, but it’s possible that they eat harmless amounts of our skin cells, which we constantly shed by the millions anyway, by melting them down with enzymes. Also, contrary to some older claims that they’re found in something like ¼ to 1/3 of the human population, more recent studies couldn’t find any adults over 19 without them, so if you’re a grown up, you have little hot dog skin friends always.
My 12th reason, thanks
