And when you get into bed at night, all of a sudden your feet start itching. You scratch the spot and go back to resting. But the itch isn't done. So you repeat. Repeat. Get frustrated.

So you had a whole day without a single itchy peep from your feet. And when you get into bed at night, all of a sudden your feet start itching. You scratch the spot and go back to resting. But the ...

Perpetuation of the itch-scratch cycle (see Figure 1) alters the integrity of skin leading to barrier damage. Scratching also causes undesirable changes in skin such as lichenification and prurigo ...

To scratch or not to scratch, that is the question. When confronted with an itch, most of us tend to throw self-discipline ...