So you had a whole day without a single peep from your feet. And when you get into bed at night, all of a sudden your feet feel itchy. You scratch the itch and go back to resting. But the itch is ...
It can seem like we spend countless hours and endless amounts of money to keep the skin on our face looking and feeling its best—while the skin on other areas of our body often gets ignored. Though ...
An itch can feel like a burn, an electric shock, or a crawling sensation. It’s caused by stimulated nerve cells in the skin, which make you want to scratch the affected area. Share on Pinterest If ...
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The 10 Itches You Should Never, Ever Scratch

An itch can drive you absolutely crazy, but there are times when scratching only makes it worse—throwing your body's inflammatory response into high gear. The post The 10 Itches You Should Never, Ever ...
Scientists have long struggled to explain what actually causes the sensation of itching – now we know what to blame. Having an itch can be incredibly annoying but it actually serves an important ...
It can seem like we spend countless hours and endless amounts of money to keep the skin on our face looking and feeling its best—while the skin on other areas of our body often gets ignored. Though ...
One of the greatest pleasures in life is to scratch an itch — in both the real and figurative sense. Although scratching an itch provides immediate (albeit temporary) relief, it may actually trigger ...
When you’ve got an itch, you probably want to scratch it. But whether it’s from a mosquito bite, chickenpox, or chronic skin issue like eczema, any relief from scratching will be short-lived. And too ...
Runner's itch, when your legs get itchy during a run, is a common problem. Experts share why it happens and how to alleviate ...
Poison ivy, bug bites, allergies — just hearing those words can make you want to scratch. But even though we all itch, and we all scratch, we don’t know very much about what is happening in our brains ...
What’s common between a scratchy sweater, a mosquito bite, and poison ivy? A brush with any of them guarantees an itchy spot on the skin. Scratching that itch is extremely tempting because of how ...