Could Wearing Face Mask Have Affected Demodex Parasite

standard superficial skin biopsy (SSSB) was applied to the face that was wiped with dry sterile gauze after dropping cyanoacrylate by marking 1 cm2 area on the slide that was wiped with dry sterile gauze from 3 areas of the face, right cheek, nose and the mid-forehead. After the slide was left for 60 seconds and slowly removed from the face, immersion oil was dripped onto the slide and covered with a coverslip, and Demodex mites were counted first under the light microscope at x10 and then x20 magnification (Demodex foliculorum and brevis were not differentiated). The process was repeated for each region.