In a message dated 8/30/2015 9:12:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes: Itching is an absolutely horrible thing. It can drive you nuts, and of course you can injure yourself if you don't have superb self-control.>>>>>> That's (one of ) the reason we have dermatologists! David Strang - Retired dermatologist.