The skin is the border between us and the outside world. The skin is the most extensive sense organ since it covers the entire body and has a surface area of approximately 1.8 m2. The skin also provides us with a defense system against the outside world. It is a protection from a mechanical and physical point of view, but also a protection thanks to a chemical barrier (pH, ionic balance and flora of the skin) which prevents the development or the nuisances of aggressive agents such as bacteria, mushrooms and parasites.

The skin is a multifunctional organ that contains, among others, the sebaceous and sweat glands. It is endowed with an extreme sensitivity thanks to its numerous specialized receptors (tactile, thermal, algic). It is therefore sensitive to pressure, temperature and pain.

At birth, the baby's first contact with the mother is through touch and smell. Thus, all the life, the skin remains "the organ" of the contact and of its counterpart the separation.
Many popular expressions translate besides its importance in the human contacts. Don't we say "to have someone in the skin" or on the contrary "this one I can't smell him (olfaction), it's epidermal (touch)! " ? "Being uncomfortable in one's own skin" is another well-known expression that often reflects difficult communication and contact with others.

Skin problems often manifest a problem of loss of contact and therefore of separation. Thus, eczema or atopic dermatitis (whose origin is unknown) affects children, while contact eczema affects adults in particular. Rashes that appear with or without pruritus may be dry or oozing, permanent or episodic.

As with all illnesses, the onset of the symptom is the repair phase, i.e. the problem manifests itself when the "mourning" of this separation is completed. In some cases, the skin reaction appears directly at the time of the emotional trauma, but most of the time the problems occur later and sometimes years later when a situation reminds the triggering event.

In order to resolve the emotional side of the problem, which is essential to the disappearance of the skin problem, the first triggering event must be brought to light. This is difficult because the traumatic problem often remains silent. Deeply hidden, it is buried in the unconscious. The difficulty lies in the fact that we have to search the unconscious to "put our finger" on this primal conflict. For example, a little girl conceived just before a separation of couple (mom-dad) during the pregnancy felt during all this period of separation the anxiety and the sadness of the mom. She will develop eczema when she starts school at the age of three, events that constitute the first separation from her mother. The eczema appears in the folds of the elbows and knees, that is to say, just where the contact is made with the mother when she takes her in her arms. The skin remains fragile even outside of eczematous flare-ups. In these areas the lesions are invisible, but seem to be present. During flare-ups (even momentary healing), cortisone creams should be avoided as they will prevent the body from carrying out the repair process.

Finding the trigger for psoriasis is even more complicated, because this pathology is most often the result of a double separation conflict, i.e. the separation from at least two people, which makes it a real vicious circle most of the time. Take the example of a man who adores his daughter from a first marriage, but she doesn't get along with her father's second wife. The father is therefore forced to either spend time with his wife, but without his daughter, or with his daughter, but separated from his wife. He is therefore simultaneously in a situation of permanent reparation and conflict. As long as this situation persists, there will be no total "cure".

We can see that all this is quite complex, but remember that many health problems can be avoided by verbalizing (even alone for oneself) frustrations, anger ... in the hours or days following their feeling.