In my first 26 years of life living in Europe, I met only one person, in high school, who had some severe case of “bad skin”.
Once I moved to Japan, and especially being in contact with children, I’ve seen SO MANY with アトピー.
Once someone told me that basically in Japan they just say アトピー when it comes to any skin condition they don’t know how to deal with.
Today, after noticing one student who went from being “normal” to having a severe issue in the span of a month (he just started elementary school, and swimming) the question popped into my head again : why?
Is it hereditary? Like, Japanese people’s body are simply more kin to do that?
Is it environment related? The fact that people in Japan take so many baths? Diet? Air quality? Stress?
Is there any study about this?
I’m curious if anybody else ever thinks about this/shares my thoughts.
by Genryuu111