Tag: Stop Scratching

  • Why is it important to avoid saying “stop scratching”?

    Why is it important to avoid saying “stop scratching”?

    For others to say “Stop scratching” and “Don’t scratch” is reported as the commonest response that people with atopic eczema get when they scratch in the company of others. And no-one reports the advice helps to them stop, or even reduce scratching – if anything the frustration and irritation the advice causes leads to an…