WHAT ACTUALLY ISSCABIES? The Sarcoptes scabiei mite causes scabies, which is a skin infection. These minuscule mites can thrive on your skin for months if left untreated. They multiply on the surface of your skin before burrowing beneath it and laying their eggs. The skin develops an itchy, red rash as a result of this. At any given time, there are around 130 million cases of scabies in the world. Scabies is not a sexually transmitted disease, despite the fact that it is a highly contagious co...