British Journal of Dermatology Nursing

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Habit reversal and atopic skin disease
BJDN, Volume 6, Number 4.

The central thesis of this article is that repeated surface trauma to the skin is the single most significant amplifying factor in atopic skin disease (ASD). Whatever the initiating immunopathological or allergic trigger event for itching in eczema, it is the 100–1,000 daily scratching events that can change acute eczema into a miserable chronic condition. If such predominantly habitual scratching can be significantly reduced, the skin will heal.

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