Scratching is one of the reasons why the rash slows down.

Scratching is one of the reasons why the rash slows down.

When we scratch, the skin causes repeated abrasion and injury, the body secretes an increased itch-inducing substance, causing a cycle.

🔸 The more itchy → the more scratched

🔸 The more scratching → the more inflammatory.

🔸 The more inflammatory → the more itchy.

Also, scratching makes

▪ More inflammatory skin.

▪ thick, darker and slower recovery.

▪ Risk of bacterial complications.

▪ chronic rash and easy to repeat.

If there is chronic itching, do not focus on scratching alone, but find the cause and take care of the skin in the right way to give the skin a better chance of recovery.

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