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The prolonged redness and especially the itching sounds like an allergic contact dermatitis to me. Its possible, as you suspect, that you are reacting to one of the essential oils, but which one...

Crom, are you getting just redness and stinging or small blisters and significant itching from the Bay Rum? If the former, its an irritant reaction, if the latter then an allergic reaction. if you...

Hey Vee,
Just FYI, here is an updated information page for our epidermolysis bullosa clinical trial:

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VeeDub, it is fortunate your family members seem to have one of the mild forms. Also it sounds like they have learned how best to deal with the skin fragility. Like you say, there are people with...

VeeDubb, its funny you bring this up, EB is a big area of interest for me. I have been working on a cure for this in my lab for a number of years. Finally these efforts are paying off and we are...

Obviously, no one can provide a diagnosis just based on a description in a forum. But there is a skin disease called pseudofolliculitis, which can produce the type of symptoms you describe. Its...

One of these days when I retire, I plan to write a book on practical skin care. Towards that end, I am slowly starting to write stuff which I hope may develop further into chapters later on. With...