Each person's experience with Skin Flare-Up of eczema & dermatitis is unique and the cause can be just as individual. Skin Flare-Up can be provoked by a host of trigger factors - some are irritants, and some are allergens. Food and stress can also contribute to Skin Flare-Up. Also, for hereditary reasons, some people inherit a naturally weaker skin wall, and are therefore more likely to experience Skin Flare-Ups.						Rubber, gum and glue Trees produce a number of useful products from their sap. Rubber is the best known but a substance called resin or colophony is also widely used, and it can cause Skin Flare-Up of eczema or dermatitis. Wound dressings (plasters), printing inks and paper, varnishes and waxes, cosmetics, chewing gum, clear soap, shoe polish, some skin medicines, polishes and glues can all contain colophony.

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