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Understanding Eczema: Impact of Lifestyle and other Illnesses on Skin of Color

How do the different seasons affect eczema?  Well, typically eczema flares and cold dry weather, which is winter season. In a lot of young, healthy, active adults, sweaty, hot summer days can make their eczema worse as well, especially hand eczema. I think it’s also really important to talk about pigmentation in skin of color....

Understanding Eczema: Appearance and Impact on Skin of Color

What is eczema? Eczema is a type of rash that the body makes. It’s an immune response. Basically, what happens is the immune system breaks down in the skin and produces an itchy, sometimes scaly rash that can be very uncomfortable. Eczema impacts a wide variety of people. How does this impact skin of color?...

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