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Yes, it could be a crab louse, which can also live in your eyelashes. the eyelash mite does indeed live between eye lashes. Belonging to the family Demodicidae and first described by Owen (1864) and Simon (1892), Demodex folliculorum is one of two species of microscopic mites now considered to be ubiquitously present on humans. Both mites, D.folliculorum and D.brevis, are host-specific obligate ectoparasites living respectively in the niche environments of hair follicles and sebaceous glands around the face and head. Generally their presence goes totally unnoticed but in some cases heavy infestations are believed to be the cause of certain forms of hair loss and such skin

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