@celia16, thanks for sharing your story. i don't get the pin size hole. that is unusual. and your dermatologist has no explanation for it? frustrating.

mine is more like a small area, maybe an inch in diameter, that starts itching very intensely. like you have no control over scratching it. and it feels very deep so i dig at it further. i have scars all over my arms, underneath my knee, my ankles, my sides..... i had been treating it with a prescription steroid -- diamcolone cream. did nothing. i tried simple Sarna lotion. did nothing. regular lotion. nothing. it's not dry skin. dermatologist diagnosed hives. there are no red welts, just the itch. no rash. my PCP and i finally think it's neuropathic itch. my nerves firing and my central sensitization making it feel like an itch to my brain, but it really isn't.

i'm now on 900mg gabapentin 3x a day and it has died down. i will try the ice though. i think that might help it. thanks for your suggestion. i can go up to 2700mg gabapentin total in a day if it does not stop.