Can Your THOUGHTS Trigger Flare-Ups?

A common inflammatory condition, eczema can go from a minor inconvenience to a totally life-disruption pain. Most common in Black people, this skin disease can cause life-long symptoms, everything from annoying itching to redness, crusting, oozing, and even strange, scaly patches. Usually appearing in younger people, the condition does not discriminate. It can also flare up out of nowhere when you’re much older, presenting its lovely little symptoms out of the blue. In dark skin, eczema usually presents as gray, purplish, and brown areas. In Black folks, it’s more likely to affect the arms and legs, and also more likely to cause dark circles beneath the eyes. RELATED: Your Eczema Isn’t Just Dry Skin: What Every Black Person Needs to Know! What Causes Eczema Flare-Ups? Eczema triggers can vary far and wide. According to the National Eczema Association, the core cause of eczema is an overactive immune system. This then leads to reactions to the environment that wouldn’t normally happen in a more tempered immune system. Research also shows that eczema may be caused by mutations in a critical protein-producing gene. Because of this mutation, our body lacks a strong skin barrier, thereby allowing bacteria and other nasties to penetrate. ...