before & after

before: In retrospect, my symptoms were relatively minor, though annoying: 1. dry skin on face around eyes and mouth. 2. generally dry skin, especially hands where sometimes skin on knuckles cracked deep fissures slept barefoot in shorts and t-shirt daily moisturize with lotion and lanolin treated flare-ups with various over-the-counter potions such as coal-tar-extract normal appearance got rare comments about dry skin

after: 1. itching all over body, sometimes wakes me up at night. Scratching ecstasy severe enough to draw blood. 2. A few spots sometimes get so inflamed that it oozes liquid and crusts over in spots: face, backs of hands, belly button, behind knees. sleep with socks, long leggings, long-sleeve shirt daily treatment with ProTopic medicate flare-ups with topical steroids for severe cases, Doctor-prescribed systemic steroids, antibiotics reddish appearance draws frequent comments about sunburn or allergies