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Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder. The first recorded cases date back to the Roman era and have been a source of controversy and discomfort ever since.1 The Global Burden of Disease study has ranked this disease, sometimes referred to as eczema, as the most burdensome skin disorder, as a result of its extremely high prevalence in both developed and developing nations and substantial impact on patients’ quality of life.2 Atopic dermatitis is also associated with a large public health burden, secondary to the costs of increased health care utilization, in addition to lost productivity and wages resulting from absenteeism and presenteeism.