Dr Derrick Phillips, a consultant dermatologist and British Skin Foundation spokesperson, says the skin barrier - the outermost layer of skin - is different in people with eczema1. "In eczema, there is an impairment of the skin barrier, leading to increased water loss and dry, itchy, skin," he says. "It is not always possible to identify a trigger for sudden flares of eczema however stress, infections, sweating, changes in the weather, chemicals (for example, chlorine) and allergies can all aggravate eczema."
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