Originally Posted by
ny biker
Yes I have all sorts of skin problems when the ideopathic-possibly-autoimmune hives flare up. Tight clothes or anything pressed against my skin, like a wrinkle in a sheet or in my pjs that I'm lying on in my sleep, can cause inflammation and itching. I think it's a form of dermatographia. And the hives have been flaring up quite a bit, last winter and again this summer after the bad allergy problems I had in June when we were in Massachusetts. So it is possible that the underarm chafing will subside as the current flare up subsides.