Up to 90% of adults play host to mites

ASK THE DOCTORS

Dear Doctors: I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I went to my primary doctor, and he did not believe me. What can I do?

Dear Reader: Demodex mites are microscopic parasites that live and feed on mammals.

More specifically, they are what ar…