I remember a biology teacher said this about human folical mites… they’re symbiotic, they live off whatever naturally builds up on hair follicles, and a story of someone whom had a phobia and used a iodine wash to attempt to eradicate mites only to get a bad case of warts that took a long time to go away because the skin environment\biome was so sterile-like.
Mites role in consuming unwanted bacteria\fungi should be considered payment tendered.
I thought they just ate sebum.
I remember a biology teacher said this about human folical mites… they’re symbiotic, they live off whatever naturally builds up on hair follicles, and a story of someone whom had a phobia and used a iodine wash to attempt to eradicate mites only to get a bad case of warts that took a long time to go away because the skin environment\biome was so sterile-like.
That mite be a great argument for them!