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Medicated ointments can help prevent the spread of Demodex mites from your eyelashes. Some people use tea tree oil as a home remedy for Demodex, but researchers aren’t sure how well it works.

You can’t see eyelash mites because they’re only about a third of a millimeter long and see-through. All they want is to eat some dead skin cells and a bit of the oil that comes along with them.