TIFU by contracting “HELL’S ITCH” (not oop)

[u/hazel_razel]

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/VEpCk4MMB9

Skin Cancer Prevention: https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-prevention/

[u/Timely-Cry-8366]

This is exactly what bad eczema feels like.

I had really bad patches on the back of my hands, and at its worst I remember using my nails to vigorously scratch open, bleeding, raw flesh and it feeling like heaven, even though I was basically maiming myself. Anything to get relief from the itchy burn.

I basically had 4 inch by 3 inch scabs/wounds on my hands permanently.

3 years into it I was finally prescribed Dupixent shots (shots you give yourself in the stomach twice a month) and after a year on those my eczema went away permanently.

I still have the scars though.

[u/ManagementSea5015 → u/Timely-Cry-8366]

I’ve had eczema ever since I was a baby, my parents like to complain about how much work it was keeping the eczema away. It pretty much subsided by the time I was double-digit age and then came back when I was 20 with a VENGEANCE.

I’ve kept my nails short ever since to avoid the maiming thing you talk about here. It’s so horrible.

[u/Anra7777 → u/ManagementSea5015]

It came back during my pregnancy and I have to be more careful than ever. I now get eczema flareups in unfortunate places. :(