“If I were to be held upside down up to the bridge of my nose in a vat of water for several minutes every day for a couple weeks, wouldn’t they all drown?”
I don’t think they’d succumb that easily. Burning gasoline might do the trick, at least temporarily. (Don’t actually try that, please.)
Thanks, I got more curious...
Certain home treatments can help get rid of D. folliculorum while also preventing them from spreading. Gently scrub your eyelashes with a 50 percent solution of tea tree oil. Then apply tea tree oil to kill any eggs left behind. The tea tree oil should get rid of mites and mite eggs.
https://www.healthline.com/health/demodex-folliculorum#treatment
Ha, and here we are for $9.99!