What Causes the Skin Behind the Ear to Crack and Bleed?
1. Introduction Cracking and bleeding skin behind the ear is primarily caused by inflammatory dermatoses such as seborrheic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, or severe contact dermatitis. These chronic inflammatory conditions systematically compromise the epidermal barrier, leading to profound moisture loss, the destruction of skin elasticity, and eventual painful fissuring of the retroauricular fold. The anatomical crease … Read more