Does ivermectin cream work on Demodex mites? How quickly does ivermectin work on Demodex mites?

Demodex mites are one of the most challenging problems that ophthalmologists and optometrists face in the routine care of their patients. These mites are microscopic parasites! It uses a seven-clawed organ (a “palpus”) to grab hold of cells. Then it feasts on the cells at the follicle, sucking out their innards with a retractable needle in the middle of a round mouth. How gross is that? What can you do about this parasite feasting on your follicles? Let’s get into it now . . .
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00:00 Intro - "Feasting on Your Follicles!"
00:57 What are demodex mites?
03:28 Do you have demodex mites? How to know . . .
04:31 Can demodex mites infest the whole body?
04:54 What are multiple eyelid signs of demodex mites?
05:20 How to know if you have a demodex infestation . . .
08:14 Does ivermectin cream kill demodex mites?
08:42 How often to use ivermectin cream
11:10 Summary
Does ivermectin cream kill Demodex mites? Ivermectin shows broad-spectrum anti-parasitic activity. It kills the Demodex mites that reside in the pilosebaceous units of patients with papulopustular rosacea. Ivermectin also has anti-inflammatory effects, it decreases cellular and humoral immune responses. So, yes!
How often can you use ivermectin cream? How many times a day should I use ivermectin cream? How long can you use ivermectin cream? Ivermectin cream should be applied once daily for up to 4 months. If there is no improvement after 3 months, the treatment should be discontinued.
How do I use ivermectin cream? The treatment course may be repeated. A pea‑size amount of ivermectin cream can be applied to each of the 5 areas of the face: forehead, chin, nose, and each cheek. The cream should be spread as a thin layer across the entire face, avoiding the eyes, lips and mucosa. Ivermectin cream should only be applied to the face and hands should be washed after application.
Should ivermectin cream be applied in the morning or night? You should use ivermectin cream once a day at about the same time each day for the most consistent results. Some people choose to make ivermectin cream a part of their nighttime skin care routine, but it's not necessary to use it at bedtime.
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[@lizarosa156]

I love your addressing this nightmare. All the issues demodex is causing is of massive proportion, as I’m reading comments and blogs are not being addressed. I’m sick of gaslighting making people think they are mental. The battle is real. The veil has been lifted on these evil buggers. Thanks for your jokes in first video. I have them in my lashes chin nose and eyebrows are giving me so much problems.I have extreme oily thick skin in the areas that are infested. They must be super deep. I’m still battling them. Mammals with glands creating androgens and extreme waxy oily sebum are susceptible.

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@JordanBrown-qh3nz]

Hey babe I have this too bad. So bad I can’t drive or see I can’t go in the sun or heat or cold. I can’t enjoy my family or church. I took this too God and from what I’ve learned ivermectin helps! I’ve been doing it only a couple days on my eyes and instantly you can see the parasites coming out of my eyes. It’s disgusting and scary! But I’m doing it orally and topical. I will not let this shit live in my body. God has taught me that these parasites will latch too any gland in your body that produces tissues or oils. So anything within your endocrine system, your eustachian tubes your reproductive system then they call it auto immune disease. If they cured these they could cure a lot of things. I say get you some ivermectin, if you can’t take it get some wormwood and black walnut. Do compresses with your eyes and use a carrier oil if you use the wormwood and black walnut and you can take them both. Make a binder with 4 of each orange, grapefruit and lemon or limes for die off bring to boil then simmer for about an hour or 2. Cool it then store in fridge and drink warm or cold when you have die off symptoms. I hope this helps.

[@williggg]

My ophthalmologist recently recommended Ivermectin 1% cream at night on my eyelids to kill Demodex mites (for Blepharitis). The first time I tried it, I put on WAY too much cream & I couldn’t open my eyes due to intense burning. I had to head directly to the shower to throughly rinse my face and then rinse my eyes with artificial tears. Now I use a very small amount of Ivermectin cream on my lids, and it doesn’t cause much discomfort. So my recommendation is start with a very small amount of cream, and see how it feels.

[@jockoharpo2622]

That's why doctors don't normally prescribe ivermectin for eyes.

[@jockoharpo2622]

Did it work?

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@brooks6348]

Great info! I really needed to hear this!

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@LindaMeyer-zz3gg]

I have this and will take this video and show him. He this I am crazy. He was voted best eye specialist in Everett Wa.

[@user-ds6ov8jr5n]

Why am I just learning about this. I have rosacea.

[@rantle450]

There are 900 THOUSAND different kinds of mites! That is why some of us are describing different types of mites on our bodies. Of course, not all live on human bodies, but that's beside the point.

[@hagbard72]

If it weren't for demodex mites, I'd have no pets at all.

[@simonpetersteachings4980]

Subbed! Love your energy. :D

[@EyeSchoolwithDrD]

Yay! Thank you! 😍😍😍

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@goodfella1337]

so how do we get the demodex brevis out of the glands?

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@ladyJustis]

Yes i want to see it squim! Not enough info out here

[@natmya243]

There are so many videos about mites on lashes but nowhere near enough about them on scalps and causing major hair loss!!

[@mayramoreno1143]

Treat your scalp with lice shampoo. It does cause hair loss. I was prescribed monoxadil for the hair loss (alopecia) But I also was dx with pustulopaular roseacea. After my research realized it’s due demodex. I never took the monoxadil treated my scalp and now have so much regrowth. And hair loss has stopped. No more “alopecia” here . All I needed was to kill these mites.

[@natmya243]

@@mayramoreno1143 Thx for the tip, I wasn't aware lice shampoo worked on demodex and I only got the notification and saw your comment today.

[@bevbeans3166]

@@mayramoreno1143 which lice shampoo did you use and how often please? I'm wary because of the pesticide issue

[@srhmcs1]

​@@bevbeans3166 if you don't want to use a pyrethroid lice shampoo, try this: Soak entire Scalp in strong epsom salt solution in hot water filling a sink or bucket. Leave immersed at least 10 min. long as you can stand. let dry completely.Heavily dust dry hair and Scalp with DE, leave in overnight. wash in A.M. Its facts that face mites too Small to see. They look like a flea under micros cope and are clearish brown, not green, If you see something then it's not a mite. Lice fleas bedbugs perhaps, or dirt/ skin cells/ sebum plugging your pore that you have dislodged

[@phloedays6294]

@@mayramoreno1143how did you treat your D mites situation on your scalp? Doctors don’t believe you… I think they simply don’t know… so you have to remedy yourself…. How did you do it?

[@dabeestuff]

Where is the link to the ivermectin creams please?

[@simonroberts9891]

Soolantra cream

[@teri2466]

Gotta have a sense of humor. Do you, doc 😊

[@girloninternet1188]

It cured my demodexes' rona.

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marywidener1409]

Can you use bacitracin ointment on the eyelid to kill the mites? I’ve read it can help…

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@JordanBrown-qh3nz]

I have these things coming out of my eyes bad like bad I can’t see. I have so much mucus! My lid specialist will not help me!

yes lets see the slit lamp showing the Demodex!!

[@ronalddstanley4776]

I beat mites by leaving the lights on at night.

[@ryanvdot]

no way lol

[@danfragrancelife3449]

doesn't work. I've slept with the lights on for the last 6 months. no help

[@rantle450]

I stay up at night and sleep in the day.

[@lindamastropietro4429]

Is this problem common occurrence?

[@rantle450]

Ok, I found something that might help some of you. If it itches, dab with Vaseline. That is helping me right now. When i shower i use the hotness water i can take. I dab Vaseline wherever it iches and scratch the area and i see tiny black dots or tiny long black things on my hands and wash them down the drain. I do not itch as much. Vaseline is the key because it smothers them.

[@CherieNachor]

Is good for psoriasis treatment

[@Tom-ps2cq]

That’s what I would like to know.

[@brushstrokedesigns]

Eryththromycin 5mg for eyes, apply at bedtime on eye lashes and lids. Do not sleep in other people's beds.

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@rantle450]

This is what I use. My eye lashes are growing back.

[@Me-zi6oe]

How about red light therapy and red led? I’ve come across lots of information about this helping with demodex issues. Is this safe? For example the led eye mask from CurrentBody, would this be a safe option to try?

[@LGAussie]

The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@Me-zi6oe]

@@BarbAwbThank you so much for replying! I have a myriad of immune and inflammation illnesses so have been looking into red light often over the last decade, then taking a step back worried about costs. It would be the icing on the cake if it was able to help fix my skin (no doubt related) issues too. It’s a big purchase so I needed as many reasons to do it as possible.

[@namasteblendsteas]

Doesn’t work!

[@LindaMeyer-zz3gg]

Also look in what mite is making my hair fall out

[@tyronebeck5688]

HOW do I apply the Ivermectin Cream WITHOUT irritating my sensitive eyes? Please MAKE a "How to apply Ivermectin to your eyelashes" KZbin Vidoe

[@hannw7]

Hey Doc, can these move and infest the scalp??

[@rantle450]

Yes, they move around. You can feel them dancing on your head. I'm serious.

[@itsmesheree3937]

This is what I have guaranteed Demodex Brevis I need help

[@jeremysnowden2836]

I had this start about 5 months ago, and only now am starting to get better with my eye health. Unfortunately they also affected my cheeks and I’ve had to get steroid shots to reduce the swelling and am on antibiotics now to make the Demodex caused bumps (basically acne at this point) go away. It’s an exhausting and expensive battle.

[@car5car5]

I paid $20 for microscope

[@brushstrokedesigns]

Use baby wipes on your face often, they bite, they are in your nose, everywhere. Its a cycle that repeats every 15 to 20 days. It never goes away. Need medication from doctors, to help with breakouts. Beware of sleep clinics.

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

Why babywipes

[@LGAussie]

U r right, but there’s so much more to learn. There was a cream called Kwell in the 80’s, now defunct cause the government banned it. I assume it’s good for doctors and the pharmaceutical company to keep ppl infected to some degree. The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@fiona3092]

Why sleep clin8cs

[@rantle450]

They are in your clothes and bed clothes. I shake my clothes in the shower, and i can see them wiggling around. I wash my clothes in hot water for 4 hours and dry for 4. It still doesn't kill them. I shake my clothes in the shower and then wash them down the drain.

[@macditty]

You are claiming that you see these tiny mites moving around? They look extremely small.

[@rantle450]

@@macditty There are 48,000+ species of mites. Some cause health issues for humans, and some don’t. The ones I see are tiny minuscule black specks; some are elongated (those are black and some jump and some don’t); some are red specks; some are tiny mucus looking things with legs. I have been going from dermatologist to dermatologist and no one has found the cause. One dermatologist gave me a treatment that cost me $2000. I was treated for scabies, and I still itched. Then, one day I shook my hair in the shower tub and saw all these moving specks. I was in shock. These mites are in my head, ears, nose, body, mouth - they are all over the facking body. Nothing kills them. I wash my clothes in hot water for 4 hours - STILL ALIVE. I dried them for 4 hours - STILL ALIVE. I use mite spray - STILL ALIVE, etc. You name it, I’ve tried it. I don’t doubt there may be some mites I don’t see but the ones I see are enough for me. For now, I just wash them down the shower tub drain. I might have gotten them from the homeless I work with; runaway kids; my friends who cleans holding areas for the immigrants (I have gotten a lot of stuff from her); and when I came back visiting a 3rd world country, I started to itch intensely. Maybe that is why I have different mite species!

[@srhmcs1]

you have bed bugs or lice, or fleas. Can't see mites and they can't survive off skin just out in the environment

[@danniieem2840]

Um no you can’t see them lol

[@macditty]

Is this person tripping then? This know a guy at work that says he can see them and every time he talks to me this is all he talks about and he has me itching. That’s how I ended up here lol.

[@anitasimonsen1740]

Thank you for this channel ❤️ I've been having a non stop struggle with demodex, mgd, blepharitis and pterygium (getting surgery for the latter in 2 weeks) for 8 months now, and it's been the most physically and mentally draining, soul crushing period of my life. Before my "condition" came crashing into my life, I don't think I ever spent even one second wondering about eye health issues, and how it affects the lives of people struggling with it - so this has been a humbling and eye opening experience (pun intended 🤭), but I still wish it had never happened... 😏 Hm...I think I just wrote the longest sentence of my life, and also realized that all I did was complain 🫣 Oh well... I really just wanted to thank you 🙃

[@patrickreilly7256]

Can you take oral ivermectin?

[@philip230884]

I dosed it doubled dosed it didn't work....

[@LGAussie]

Ur better off swimming in chlorine pools or salty oceans. I suppose The government didn’t want doctors to let ppl know how many germs are actually on public surfaces. But now with the internet, ppl are letting the cat out of the bag, which makes doctors look evil. The cream doesn’t work cause it doesn’t reach inside your nose and ear follicles, they go everywhere. Oral ivermectin works on some ppl, but everyone has them, some ppl have infestations if u set stress, bad sleep, low immune. They are on public surfaces. So, it’s true, u need to lower the numbers. Swim in chlorine pools 3 times a week for 3-4 months to eradicate their cycle. Or swim in salty oceans. Both help, but they can multiply again if u don’t daily wash ur hair with dandruff shampoos. They kill the surface males. The females burrow and lay eggs by the hair root follicles.

[@Laliwhisper]

@@philip230884 same here .. but Mg Sulfate is killing them . I discovered by accident

[@katarzynaszymanska1316]

Schemat 1 3 7 dzień 13dni przerwy i znowu

[@fiona3092]

Doc will only prescribe me cream said tabs are for horses😂😂😂 madness it is

[@jockoharpo2622]

WRONG! Theyare NOT microscopic. If they are, then how come I can see them when I rub coconut oil ont my eye lids and they come to the surfrace after massaging my eyes and are green in color?

[@Standownevil]

I can see em too as I pick em out of my head!!!!! They look like small black drone crabs and the others look like microscopic wing straight cylinder shape. Also the eggs I pop after using diatomaceous earth and scrub on em then leave over night wearing a cap and then rub on them again crushing up their dried up bodies more. Then shampoo with a sulphur and Benz shampoo. After hair is thoroughly dried scrape the easy ones off and then apply coconut and Neem oil. Start that process again and again! Use Apple cider vinegar after a few times of breaking it down. Take 1/2 tsp organic food grade Neem powder twice daily to kill the critters in the gut creating Cándida. I live with this! My dog has em:( she is old and starting to go the way of the wise. I daily do the same on her. This suddenly came upon us and so if it could happen to me it can happen to everyone! More education is needed :) STOP ALL SUGAR AND CARBS!!!! Pop quit it!

[@jockoharpo2622]

@@Standownevil Ivermectin doesn't work with the type I have . They are resistant to ivermectin

[@jockoharpo2622]

@@Standownevil Demodex mites don't look like what you are describing. You will rarely see them since they live most of the time and thrive in the host's hair follicles. You will rarely see them outside of the skin pores since they are too fast when they are out mating mostly at night. They also do not live in one's gut. They feed on the outer layer of skin oils and sebum that's produced by the hair follicle. I use virgin coconut oil and massage them out and those that do come out are either already dead or died from forcing them out of the pores. Some do survive when doing this. But not for long. It's difficult to get the live ones to come out as they use their claw legs to remain in the pore.

[@Standownevil]

Dog is healed from BRAVecTO and I shave her because they came back on her hiney. I diatomaceous earthed first then shaved with a grooming vacuum clipper.

[@c-7395]

7 East barbers ​@cvalleygirlz

[@lindamastropietro4429]

🤮

[@user-ds6ov8jr5n]

Tea tree

[@raheemjames2954]

Ivermectin does not work at all

[@elizabethblane201]

Did you try it?

[@Katar9999]

Not if you don’t change the sheets and the clothes… Discipline is the key!

[@elizabethblane201]

@@Katar9999 Have you had experience using ivermectin?

[@fiona3092]

​@@elizabethblane201I have been using cream for awhile ,everything lessens these but never rids, unfortunately for me anyway. Discipline in enviroment,gut health ,nourishing our skin and body ,focus on positive energy .

[@josh0717]

awesome class🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@EyeSchoolwithDrD]

Thanks 🤗