Eczema Boil

It’s Friday, and I had a bad skin week.
On Monday and Tuesday it was about 95′F at the office, so I was expecting some kind of dermal explosion.
On Wednesday it showed up. I woke up with my face, chest, arms and knees breaking out. I put on my office clothes and planned on going in, [...]

Immunosuppressants can be dangerous, please be careful when using them. This includes Protopic and Elidel, which have had the alarming results of an increase in skin cancer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma among their users.  [This means you Chris!]
Please read the directions on your medication and follow them accordingly. These ointments suppress your immune system. It’s like [...]

Pubmed has an article from Switzerland about the genetics involved in eczema -
Atopic eczema (AE) is a multifactorial skin disease caused by a variety of factors such as genetic conditions, alterated skin structure, immunologic deviations and environmental factors, among others.
Recently, it was demonstrated that Filaggrin (=filament-aggregating protein, FL) is a major gene for atopic eczema.
The [...]