Yeah, apparently it can be affected by hormones and stuff.
I expected mine to just vanish on my thirteenth birthday. :P

Although if you read the wiki page on what causes it, there are so many things- heat, cold, stress, boredom, water, build up of oil... that it's basically the dermatologists going, "well, your guess is as good as ours, really."
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 23:16, 1 reply)

Needs more research fo' sho'
Most doctors I've seen about it just file it under generic atopic eczema and there's no desire to find out more. A childhood or lifetime of steroids and emollients awaits most people.
( e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Thu 19 Jan 2012, 9:36, closed)

What I find odd
Is that 60% of the lotions etc they recommend to people with skin problems use cheap, crappy preservatives (to save money) which are actually illegal in a lot of other countries (Germany, for example) because they
A) Can cause cancer
B) Dry the skin out anyway
C) If you're particularily susceptable to their shitness, will actually burn your skin. (You know that stinging sensation some lotions cause... yup. That.)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 19 Jan 2012, 12:39, closed)