Q I'm 45, living in Dong-gu, Incheon. Just when it seems healed, I touch the substance again at work and it flares up. Is there a way to reduce recurrence?
A As long as you keep working, it's hard to eliminate exposure entirely, but protective habits and barrier care can greatly reduce the scope of recurrence. Stabilizing the immunity and pre-filling the damaged barrier means it collapses less even on re-contact.
Detailed Answer
If your job or living environment makes re-contact with the causative substance unavoidable, fully preventing recurrence is difficult, but the frequency and intensity can be reduced considerably. Protecting the barrier in advance with protective gloves and moisturizing, and the habit of washing immediately after work and applying plenty of moisturizer, are key to reducing recurrence.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
At Dongjedang, the more frequent the recurrence, the more we see that surface skin care alone is insufficient. In addition to avoiding the causative substance and protective habits, through an internal-medicine approach that regulates the oversensitized internal immunity and damp-heat constitution, we aim to build a foundation that reacts less even on re-contact, helping the skin be less shaken even while doing the same work.
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