Background: After a bad crash last weekend, my arms have some nice road rash. I've had them covered, cleaned and changed bandages daily. It's all healed up more or less, no open wounds and very minimal scabbing, a patch of pink skin in one area. My doctor suggested that I should have the bandages off occasionally now to let it get some air since the skin is almost all healed up. I still rub on a bit of vaseline to keep the skin from getting to dry.

So then. The skin has become very itchy. I know that's normal sometimes. However, just recently in the last two days, I've noticed that groups of small flat blisters are forming, mostly on one arm. They seem to come and go, especially after a shower they will be noticeable and look full of fluid, but then seem to shrink and turn red, looking kind of like scabs. I've now noticed this start to appear on the other arm too. Cortisone cream seemed to help with the itch, but the blisters aren't going anywhere.

Has anyone experienced this? I'm wondering if I've developed contact dermatitis from the bandages or ointment. Suppose it's back to the doctor tomorrow.