Do sand fleas stay in your skin?

The sand flea can live inside your skin, growing bigger with its eggs and your blood, for up to six weeks. During this time, it may eject up to 100 eggs, which fall out of the opening in your skin and onto the ground. After laying its eggs, the sand flea dies and falls off as your skin sheds.



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You probably won't notice when the female sand flea first enters your skin. Once it burrows into your skin, you may see a white circle that looks like a ring or halo with a black dot in the center. Over time, the black dot grows as the sand flea gorges on blood and gets bigger with eggs.

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Can fleas live in your bedding? Fleas can live in beds for about one to two weeks, and they like to burrow under sheets. Fleas need blood to survive, though, so they won't stay in one place for too long if there is no food source.

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