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I get this on my shoulders and what helps distract me from the itchy sensation is a muscle relief lotion (kind of like BenGay) that creates that minty cooling sensation on my skin, almost like an ice pack without needing one! And I also take probiotics. I notice that when I forget to take them the itching sensation is worse and more frequent. I had something similar to this at the beginning of the year but it was all over the core part of my body and it was red and inflamed and the more I itched the worse it felt, it was absolutely miserable and depressing. I did a lot of research and realized that it was actually a gut issue and not primarily a skin issue. So I drank kombucha and ate sauerkraut like crazy and it disappeared within days. It was miraculous. I've switched to just taking probiotic pills because I felt like the sugar and caffeine in the kombucha made me break out more. But the pills don't seem to be as effective at keeping my gut balanced... Hence, I believe, the shoulder itch... I should really focus on getting rid of it completely but the pills and lotion are helping me survive it at least.