I have a mutant gene

In 2006, Scottish researchers released the results of a study in Nature Genetics that found that two-thirds of eczema sufferers and a quarter of asthma cases involve mutations to a gene that helps form the skin's outer protective layer. They found that two different mutations to a gene called fillagrin were much more common in the eczema groups they studied than in the general population

Fillagrin helps to form the skin's outer protective layer, which is made up of dead cells that are collapsed together into a continuous protein sheath that keeps water in and invaders such as bacteria out. Mutations to the fillagrin gene keep it from producing fillagrin protein needed to protect the skin.

This gives me hope! This means that someday, all the super smart people in the world who are working on this might find a way to give us the fillagrin proteins that our mutant genes lack.