“My friends were like, ‘Oh man, you’ve got the herpes!’ and I’m like, ‘No I don’t have herpes. Please don’t joke that I have herpes.’” An 18 yr old describes the difficulty in managing eczema while in college. Although it is incurable, he shares tricks on how to avoid flare-ups and how to manage it through cold, dry weather.

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http://twevue.com/dryitchyskin/ Various types and stages of eczema (dermatitis), a group of related conditions in which skin becomes inflamed and itchy. Including allergic and atopic infantile eczema, contact eczema, irritant eczema and seborrheic dermatitis.

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