• Question: why do we scratch ourselves ?

    Asked by Brie mode fearless to Theresia, Katie, Giovanna, Duane, Andy on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      It is a response to a sense of something on our skin as a way to remove it. Some people can develop itching syndromes which are rare

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      You skin is reacting and trying to get whatever is causing the rash/inflammation off the surface. so scratching it is a mechanism to get rid of it…

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