new dermatologist

Decided that it was time to get another opinion on the perennial scratching. Turns out I have 'dermagraphia' - that's just what it sounds like. Hives whose manifestation is raised welts on the skin that follow the pattern of your scratching. Basically my immune system has gone a bit haywire - ramped up - and so I itch and have done so for two plus years. Have a pretty serious medicine to try. We'll see.