Yes, hayfever can definitely ramp up the itchiness!

While hay fever is usually associated with streaming eyes, congestion, sneezing, headaches and feeling like you’ve got a persistent cold, itchy or rashy skin is also a major - though often overlooked - symptom of hay fever.

How can hayfever make your skin itchy?

• Actual physical contact with allergens that cause hay fever - pollens or grass seed getting on your hands or face, for example - can cause an itchy rash or hives where they touched your skin
  
  
• Constantly streaming eyes can cause an intense localised itch around the eyes and nose, and rubbing the eyes can damage the skin enough to cause further itchiness
  
  
• A worsening of dermatitis, psoriasis or eczema in a sort of secondary reaction to the environmental allergens can definitely make you itchy
  
  
• A widespread rash or hives all over the body is a result of increased histamine levels, as your body tries to combat what it perceives as an invading microbe, but is actually just pollen.
  
  

Top tip: apply Skin Salvation around your eyes and nose as an effective three-pronged defence against the dreaded pollen.

• A fine film of ointment traps pollen particles to prevent them being breathed in through your nose and entering the bloodstream, triggering histamine release.
• The balm works as a waterproof barrier to protect skin from constant tears or streaming noses.
• It soothes and nourishes inflamed skin, allowing damaged or rubbed raw areas to heal.